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Prisons
MP questions legal basis for penalizing relatives sending money to prisoners
Recently, a 75-year-old woman was found guilty of ‘financing terrorism’ due to sending money for her daughter’s needs in prison.
24 April 2024
Evrim Kepenek
reports
Two prisoners go on hunger strike in solidarity with ill and disabled inmate
Rights defenders have urged authorities to address rights violations occurring in "high-security" prisons, which they describe as "literal coffins" for prisoners suffering from illnesses.
22 April 2024
Evrim Kepenek
Ayça söylemez
reports
‘How can there be water problem in a recently constructed prison?’
Families of inmates held at the campus prison in Kırşehir described both the mistreatment suffered by prisoners and the difficulties they face during visits
26 March 2024
Ayça Söylemez
Report reveals most applications regarding prisons remain unanswered
Out of 3,249 applications regarding human rights violations in a year, only 229 received a response, reports CİSST.
23 January 2024
Evrim Kepenek
reports
Lawyers challenge ‘suicide' verdict in suspicious death in Kocaeli prison
For the second time in two years, a “terror” convict died suspiciously in the same prison.
28 November 2023
Evrim Kepenek
Author Sadık Aslan faces extended prison term as his release delayed again
Opposition politicians argue that the recurrent delays in releases have become a pattern, pointing to prison administrations taking on "judicial responsibilities."
17 November 2023
PKK leader Öcalan faces new lawyer visit ban
Öcalan's lawyers are prepared to submit an application to the Constitutional Court in response to the ongoing bans.
16 November 2023
Inmate dies suspiciously in Urfa prison
The 36-year old prisoner’s family said he had no known pre-existing health conditions.
15 November 2023
Turkey’s new ‘high-security’ prisons raise ‘social isolation’ concerns
Prolonged social isolation may cause mental and physical health issues, warns the Ankara Medical Chamber.
30 October 2023
Prisoner on hunger strike for 117 days demands transfer
Nedim Öztürk was transferred to a high-security prison after his release was postponed.
17 August 2023
Ayça Söylemez
Prisoner's drawing materials seized during cell raid
The justification for confiscating the pens was cited as "drawing party flags and symbols."
15 August 2023
Antalya prisoner launches hunger strike after alleged severe torture
Burhan Batur claims had been been subjected to torture, including being "hogtied."
1 August 2023
Rights group draws attention to rights violations in prisons
In the prisons in Turkey's northwestern Marmara Region, four prisoners died of illnesses in three months, according to the Human Rights Association.
26 July 2023
Summer water cuts in prison in one of Turkey's hottest cities trouble prisoners
A Green Left MP has addressed the issue at the parliament, submitting a prliamentary question to the justice minister.
5 July 2023
Prisoners put in punishment cell allegedly for 'writing book in Kurdish'
An HDP deputy has brought two separate cases of rights violations into the parliamentary agenda.
6 April 2023
Second hearing to be held of case over suspicious death in prison
It was claimed that Yılmaz Ekinci committed suicide by hanging himself on an iron part of the door in the cell which is 1 meter and 20 cm high from the floor. Ekinci's then-prison mate is now a witness in the case over Ekinci's death.
27 March 2023
Constitutional Court finds rights violation in 'censoring prisoner's dream'
The prison administration had removed a part in the prisoner's letter because "dreams could be used for communication within illegal organizations."
5 January 2023
Prisoners in Konya on hunger strike for 78 days in protest of confinement
Some prisoners brought to Konya from various prisons across the country were put in single-person cells.
21 December 2022
Constitutional Court: State is obliged to protect prisoners
After an individual application by a prisoner who claimed to be subjected to ill-treatment, the high court ruled that he should be paid compensation and his allegations should be investigated.
20 December 2022
'Our children were healthy when arrested'
Families gathered and spoke in Diyarbakır and in İzmir on Justice Watch for the 387th day.
8 December 2022
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ILL PRISONERS
'Our children were healthy when arrested'
Families called out to courts again on 387th day of Justice Watch in Diyarbakır and in İzmir.
8 December 2022
Seventy-three prisoners died in Türkiye's prisons in a year
Thirty-nine of the deceased prisoners had illnesses and 34 of them killed themselves according to the authorities
2 December 2022
'Women prisoners work 12 hours a day for 600 lira'
Three Gezi prisoners in Bakırköy women's prison, Mücella Yapıcı, Çiğdem Mater and Mine Özerden say they are not able to find an answer to their question "Why are we here?"
16 November 2022
Inflation affects Türkiye's unprecedentedly high prison population
A prisoner says he had not turned himself in at the expense of at extended prison sentence so that he could save money to make ends meet while in prison.
28 October 2022
Rojan Mamo
Past decade saw drastic increase in Türkiye's prison population, ministry figures show
At the end of the last year, there were nearly 300,000 prisoners in the country of 84 million people.
14 October 2022
Prisoners at Çorum open prison forced to work but not allowed to study
Three prisoners have been enrolled at a university but are not allowed to attend classes.
30 September 2022
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Suspicious death in Diyarbakır Prison
HDP deputy Remziye Tosun has submitted a parliamentary question about a prisoner's recent death.
7 September 2022
Preventing prison visits violates Constitution, top court rules
The prison administration had rejected the applicant's application to determine a visitor list, which violated his right to privacy, according to the court.
8 August 2022
Another suspicious death in prison recorded as 'suicide'
A prisoner in Diyarbakır allegedly cut his wrist while his arm was broken. He had been held in a solitary cell to "prevent him from killing himself" for nearly a year.
25 July 2022
One year of Turkey's prisons: İHD report documents rights violations
The report emphasizes problems in prisoners' access to healthcare.
29 June 2022
REFUGEES BEHIND BARS
‘This is Turkey; this is how things work here’: Imprisoned refugees deprived of basic rights
“There are many foreigners in prisons of Turkey who cannot even make phone calls with their families,” said bianet Aylin Çelikçi from CİSST.
12 May 2022
PARLIAMENTARY QUESTION
Prisoner not released despite completing sentence
Dilan Oybaş is one of the 116 prisoners who are kept behind bars based on a new regulation, HDP deputy Kılıç-Koçyiğit has said.
11 May 2022
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