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Ayça Söylemez

Censorship on a letter from prison describing hunger

Censorship on a letter from prison describing hunger

This time, instead of the usual redaction of some sentences, entire sections of the letter were completely covered up and only sent as a photocopy.

5 June 2024 Ayça Söylemez

Imprisoned politician Ayşe Gökkan files complaint for torture

Imprisoned politician Ayşe Gökkan files complaint for torture

The Kurdish politician convicted of "terror" crimes says she was tortured while being transferred from one prison to another.

Journalist Abdulkadir Turay's release postponed for three months

Journalist Abdulkadir Turay's release postponed for three months

The reporter of the now-closed Dicle News Agency responded to the board's decision that he has no regrets.

Another suspicious death in Aydın Prison

Another suspicious death in Aydın Prison

An autopsy will be performed on the prisoner's body as the prosecutors are investigating the incident.

'He could hardly speak': Prisoner tortured in northeast Türkiye

'He could hardly speak': Prisoner tortured in northeast Türkiye

The mother of Emir Karakum has spoken to bianet about the torture of her son, who has been arrested pending trial for nine months.

22 August 2022 Evrim Kepenek

Trans prisoner Buse still in men's prison despite completing gender affirmation surgery

Trans prisoner Buse still in men's prison despite completing gender affirmation surgery

Buse filed a lawsuit to obtain a women's identity card. Her lawyer said the court should give a verdict as soon as possible.

9 August 2022 Evrim Kepenek

Suspicious death in Aydın prison

Suspicious death in Aydın prison

The prison administration claimed that Ekinci, who was 170 centimeters tall, hanged himself from an iron bar that was 148 centimeters high from the ground.

Sentenced to prison over social media posts, CHP's Kaftancıoğlu released under supervision

Sentenced to prison over social media posts, CHP's Kaftancıoğlu released under supervision

The politician who was sentenced to prison for her social media posts went to prison yesterday. She was released later in the day after completing procedures.

Letter from Demirtaş: Intellectuals have a historic responsibility

Letter from Demirtaş: Intellectuals have a historic responsibility

Drawing attention to the upcoming elections in the letter he has sent to journalists, including bianet’s project coordinator, Nadire Mater, the imprisoned politician underlined the importance of an alliance based on democracy but not any political party.

Letter from jailed Kurdish politician Leyla Güven for Mother’s Day

Letter from jailed Kurdish politician Leyla Güven for Mother’s Day

“You have always said the same… ‘We want peace’.” Leyla Güven wrote from prison to Peace Mothers.

HDP's dismissed, jailed Diyarbakır Co-Mayor Selçuk Mızraklı sent to Edirne Prison

HDP's dismissed, jailed Diyarbakır Co-Mayor Selçuk Mızraklı sent to Edirne Prison

Arrested after being removed from office, HDP’s Diyarbakır Metropolitan Co-Mayor Selçuk Mızraklı has been transferred to Edirne Prison at his own request.

4 February 2022

Ahmet Bilge draws for bianet

Ahmet Bilge draws for bianet

With his drawings, Ahmet Bilge has been reaching out to his audience from behind bars via bianet, expressing criticisms of current issues concerning politics, the government, poverty and the gap between technology and our lives.

11 January 2022 Ahmet Bilge

Juvenile delinquency in Turkey: Nearly 20,000 children under 'judicial control measures'

Juvenile delinquency in Turkey: Nearly 20,000 children under 'judicial control measures'

The number of children under judicial control measures has increased from about 900 to nearly 20,000 in a decade, according to official figures.

1 December 2021

Leyla Güven and 8 prisoners face penalty for singing in Kurdish

Leyla Güven and 8 prisoners face penalty for singing in Kurdish

Held in Elazığ Women’s Prison, nine women prisoners, including Democratic Society Congress (DTK) Co-Chair Leyla Güven, will be deprived of their right to communication and visitation as part of the investigation for singing Kurdish songs.

Recovering after death fast, imprisoned lawyer Aytaç Ünsal 'not provided with vitamin B'

Recovering after death fast, imprisoned lawyer Aytaç Ünsal 'not provided with vitamin B'

After ending his 215-day death fast, Ünsal was arrested again in December.

2 March 2021 Ayça Söylemez

Prison officer who beat journalist Barış Pehlivan issued a warning

Prison officer who beat journalist Barış Pehlivan issued a warning

Pehlivan's attorney has said that the officer should have been given a "much heavier punishment."

18 February 2021

Osman Kavala says his trial has become a 'theater of injustice'

Osman Kavala says his trial has become a 'theater of injustice'

CHP deputy Çakırözer has visited Kavala and Ahmet Altan in prison.

15 February 2021

'She pressed her knee to my neck, I couldn't breathe'

'She pressed her knee to my neck, I couldn't breathe'

A woman prisoner told bianet that she was tortured by gendarmerie officers after refusing to be searched for the third time when she was being taken to the court.

7 December 2020 Ayça Söylemez

Non-pecuniary damages for ill treatment in prison

Non-pecuniary damages for ill treatment in prison

The Constitutional Court has concluded that the prohibition of ill treatment was violated when a convict was kept in a cold room for five days with his hands and feet tied behind his back in what is known as the “hogtie” method, a notorious form of torture.

19 November 2020 Ayça Söylemez

‘Prisons are overcrowded, some prisoners sleep on the floor’

VIOLATIONS OF RIGHTS

‘Prisons are overcrowded, some prisoners sleep on the floor’

Holding a press statement about the problems in Turkey’s prisons, HDP Muş MP Kılıç Koçyiğit has indicated that cleaning and hygiene products are sold at extremely high prices and not every product can be found in prison canteens.

30 October 2020

Sixty-Four More Inmates Diagnosed with Covid-19 in Buca Prison

Sixty-Four More Inmates Diagnosed with Covid-19 in Buca Prison

After coronavirus was found in one prisoner, other who contacted were also tested.

HDP MP Beştaş: Criminal Execution Bill Against Principle of Equality Before Law

HDP MP Beştaş: Criminal Execution Bill Against Principle of Equality Before Law

HDP Parliamentary Group Deputy Chair Beştaş has made remarks on the planned amendments to the law on criminal execution and the government's policies on the Covid-19 pandemic.

Rights Violations in Patnos Prison Brought into Parliamentary Agenda

Rights Violations in Patnos Prison Brought into Parliamentary Agenda

HDP Ağrı MP Dirayet Dilan Taşdemir has submitted a parliamentary inquiry, requesting that a parliamentary investigation be launched into the allegations of battery and maltreatment as well as poor quality of water and epidemics in Patnos Prison.

5 February 2019

'Vefa Kartal Taken from Hospital to Prison is Vulnerable to Infection'

PROF. DR. ŞEBNEM KORUR-FİNCANCI:

'Vefa Kartal Taken from Hospital to Prison is Vulnerable to Infection'

Ill prisoner Vefa Kartal, who was referred to hospital after ending his hunger strike, has been taken back to prison. Prof. Dr. Korur-Fincancı has emphasized that though his illnesses could be treated in a short time, he might still be vulnerable to infection.

15 October 2018 Evrim Kepenek

Vegan Prisoner Osman Evcan on 5th Hunger Strike

Vegan Prisoner Osman Evcan on 5th Hunger Strike

Osman Evcan, who has gone on hunger strike for four times before and has managed to add vegan-vegetarian food article to Food Regulation for Convicted and Imprisoned, has announced that he has been on hunger strike again since March 26.

5 April 2018 Çiçek Tahaoğlu

2,800 Children Behind Bars in Turkey

NOVEMBER 20, CHILDREN'S RIGHTS DAY

2,800 Children Behind Bars in Turkey

According to the Child Prisoners Report by CİSST/TCPS, there were 92 complaints launched in the last 10 years against torture and maltreatment in juvenile prisons, but in only one case, the suspect was found guilty and sentenced to prison.

20 November 2017

AKP’s Metiner: ‘Consider Issues of Free Pad to Inmates Solved’

AKP’s Metiner: ‘Consider Issues of Free Pad to Inmates Solved’

Women in Prison Network has taken its demand that women be provided free pad to Ankara. AKP’s Metiner has said, “We promise, you can count on it. Consider this issue solved”.

2 November 2017 Çiçek Tahaoğlu

Imprisoned Rights Advocate Erkem Had Gastric Bleeding, Will Be Sent to the Hospital in 2 Months

Imprisoned Rights Advocate Erkem Had Gastric Bleeding, Will Be Sent to the Hospital in 2 Months

Nalan Erken, who was among the rights advocates arrested after being detained in Büyükada, had gastric bleeding in prison. She will be sent to the hospital on November 1.

23 August 2017 Çiçek Tahaoğlu

Free Pad Campaign for Women Prisoners

Free Pad Campaign for Women Prisoners

Women in Prison Network has launched a campaign for women prisoners’ right to have free pad be taken under legal assurance.

21 June 2017 Çiçek Tahaoğlu

Convicted Vegan Osman Evcan on Parliamentary Agenda

Convicted Vegan Osman Evcan on Parliamentary Agenda

CHP MP Şenal Sarıhan, has visited the convicted vegan Osman Evcan who has been on hunger strike for 39 days and has asked the Minister of Justice about Evcan’s cellmate, Hasan Çınar, to support him.

18 December 2015

Constitutional Court: Magazine Ban in Prison Violates Freedom of Expression

Constitutional Court: Magazine Ban in Prison Violates Freedom of Expression

The Constitutional Court ruled that barring an inmate’s access to magazine does not comply with democratic social order nor cohere with legitimate purposes.

16 April 2015 Beyza Kural

“Which Forensics Institute is Minister Ergin Talking About?”

SICK INMATES

“Which Forensics Institute is Minister Ergin Talking About?”

Minister Ergin said Turkey’s Forensic Institute processed application regarding sick inmates within 15 days. However, there are several inmates who wait for long durations or die in prison.

23 September 2013 Ayça Söylemez

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