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Prof. Dr. Dogru has argued that the principle of “balancing human rights and security” which the Minister of the Interior wrote about is enshrined in the Penal Code anyway. Effective sanctions are needed to prevent excessive violence.

The Human Rights Agenda Association has called for a control of excessive police violence and compensation for victims.

Since policies powers were increased, more than twenty cases of excessive police violence have been reported. There have been torture, injuries, psychological traumas, and even deaths.