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Author Sadık Aslan faces extended prison term as his release delayed again
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
Money transfers of relatives to prisoners examined in investigation
Money transfers of relatives to prisoners examined in investigation
Recent police operation against relatives of prisoners resulted in twenty-six detentions. Sending money or clothes to prisoners is included among the issues investigated.
16 December 2022 Ayça Söylemez
‘She comes to visitation in a wheelchair, says, “I will die in prison”’
‘She comes to visitation in a wheelchair, says, “I will die in prison”’
Arrested on May 10, Makbule and Hadi Özer's lawyer Dilan Kunt says, “The condition of Makbule Özer is getting worse and worse with each passing day. She must be released as soon as possible.”
30 June 2022 Fatma Temel
Gendarme remains in the room during gynecological examinations
PROBLEMS OF ILL PRISONERS AT BAKIRKÖY WOMEN'S PRISON
Gendarme remains in the room during gynecological examinations
CİSST Advocacy Coordinator Berivan Korkut and lawyer Gülizar Tuncer have discussed the violations of rights in Bakırköy Women's Prison: "The regulation needs to be changed immediately!"
29 June 2022 Evrim Kepenek
Mücella Yapıcı examined in handcuffs, CHP submits a Parliamentary question
GEZİ PRISONERS
Mücella Yapıcı examined in handcuffs, CHP submits a Parliamentary question
CHP MP Akkuş-İlgezdi has asked Minister of Health Koca, "How is it possible to have a handcuffed examination when examining an important organ like the eye?"
28 June 2022
‘This is Turkey; this is how things work here’: Imprisoned refugees deprived of basic rights
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
Video footage shows torture despite reports of ‘heart attack’ and ‘infectious disease’
DEATHS IN SİLİVRİ PRISON
Video footage shows torture despite reports of ‘heart attack’ and ‘infectious disease’
Having lost his life in Silivri Closed Prison, Ferhan Yılmaz’s video from the intensive case has surfaced. While the Directorate of Prisons and Detention Houses said “his heart stopped and he died”, the death report referred to an “infectious disease”.
14 April 2022
Prisoner: Warden gave a rope and said, ‘Hang yourself’
Prisoner: Warden gave a rope and said, ‘Hang yourself’
The İstanbul Branch of the Human Rights Association has made a statement about the torture and ill treatment of prisoners at Silivri No. 5 Prison and the death of two prisoners, urging the authorities to launch a penal and administrative investigation.
13 April 2022
‘Prisoners attempted to commit suicide following wardens' torture in Silivri Prison’
LAWYERS FOR FREEDOM ASSOCIATION
‘Prisoners attempted to commit suicide following wardens' torture in Silivri Prison’
The İstanbul Branch of the Lawyers for Freedom Association has announced that six prisoners who had been subjected to torture attmpted to commit suicide by taking medicine and one of the prisoners has been taken to the intensive care.
12 April 2022
Uploading prisoner’s letters to judiciary informatics system ‘violates rights’
CONSTITUTIONAL COURT
Uploading prisoner’s letters to judiciary informatics system ‘violates rights’
Turkey’s top court has acknowledged that uploading the letters of an arrestee to the National Judiciary Informatics System (UYAP) “violates the right to respect for privacy and freedom of communication”.
8 April 2022
Clothes not let in prison 'due to their color' worn by HDP MP at the Parliament
Clothes not let in prison 'due to their color' worn by HDP MP at the Parliament
HDP Group Deputy Chair Danış Beştaş wore the clothes not let in Elazığ Prison to be worn by jailed Kurdish politician Leyla Güven: “Prison administration said, ‘We cannot let the dress in in these colors’. Can a color be banned in a country? No, it cannot”.
7 April 2022
Electricity bills in Turkey’s prisons on Parliamentary agenda
Electricity bills in Turkey’s prisons on Parliamentary agenda
Main opposition CHP MP Hakverdi has submitted a Parliamentary question regarding the fact that prisoners are made to pay high electricity bills in prison and their bills have tripled following the recent price increases.
21 March 2022
‘End violations of rights against political prisoners in Turkey’
LETTER TO MINISTRY, PARLIAMENT
‘End violations of rights against political prisoners in Turkey’
The Human Rights Association (İHD) İstanbul Branch has addressed an open letter to the Ministry of Justice, Parliamentary Human Rights Commission and General Directorate of Prisons on the occasion of “Day of Solidarity with Political Prisoners”.
18 March 2022
Rights advocates, lawyers in Adana call for an end to ‘mouth search’ in prison
Rights advocates, lawyers in Adana call for an end to ‘mouth search’ in prison
The Adana Bar Association and Adana branches of the Human Rights Association and Progressive Lawyers’ Association made a press statement about the “mouth search”, a type of body cavity search, in the Adana Kürkçüler Type F Closed Prison.
4 March 2022
Rights organization raises concerns about ‘mouth search’ in prison
Rights organization raises concerns about ‘mouth search’ in prison
Lawyers from the Prisons Commission of the Human Rights Association (İHD) Adana Branch visited the Kürkçüler Type F Closed Prison, met with nine prisoners and prepared a report based on their accounts and observations.
24 February 2022
‘We don’t accept that bar associations stay silent about Aysel Tuğluk’
WOMEN LAWYERS
‘We don’t accept that bar associations stay silent about Aysel Tuğluk’
Women lawyers have gathered in front of the İstanbul Bar Association and made a press statement about ill prisoners in the person of Kurdish politician and ill prisoner Aysel Tuğluk, who is diagnosed with dementia and still held behind bars.
18 February 2022
Turkish Medical Association meets Parliamentary Human Rights Commission
Turkish Medical Association meets Parliamentary Human Rights Commission
TTB Chair Prof. Korur Fincancı met the Parliamentary Human Rights Commission Chair and Director General of Prisons and Detention Houses about rights violations in prisons, ill prisoners and forensic medical reports given for ill prisoners.
18 February 2022
Ill prisoner not referred to hospital as he rejects ‘mouth search’
Ill prisoner not referred to hospital as he rejects ‘mouth search’
Chronically ill prisoner Aydın cannot be treated as he does not accept his mouth being searched as a form of body cavity search while being taken to the hospital. His mother has filed a complaint about this practice by also citing the pandemic.
15 February 2022 Ayça Söylemez
Prisoners complain about bills, too: Power cut, heaters off
PRISON CONDITIONS IN TURKEY
Prisoners complain about bills, too: Power cut, heaters off
According to the latest monthly report of the Civil Society in the Penal System Association, prisoners complain that electricity prices are increasing day by day and they cannot pay the fees as it puts their families into trouble economically.
9 February 2022
Constitutional Court rejects the application of jailed PKK leader Öcalan’s lawyers
Constitutional Court rejects the application of jailed PKK leader Öcalan’s lawyers
The Asrın Law Office applied to the Constitutional Court as they are unable to meet or hear from their clients held in İmralı Prison. The top court rejected the application on January 12 and notified the lawyers on January 31.
3 February 2022
Turkey’s Batman province faced 14 violations of rights per day in 2021, shows report
HUMAN RIGHTS ASSOCIATION
Turkey’s Batman province faced 14 violations of rights per day in 2021, shows report
The Batman Branch of the İHD has released its 2021 annual report on violations of rights: 5,019 violations of rights were documented in the province in a year, which means, on average, 14 violations occurred in the city every day.
28 January 2022
3,118 violations of rights in Turkey's 20 prisons in the last 3 months of 2021
İHD PRISON REPORT
3,118 violations of rights in Turkey's 20 prisons in the last 3 months of 2021
According to the last quarterly report of the Human Rights Association’s İstanbul Branch, 3,118 violations of rights in total, including eight losses of life, occurred in 20 prisons in Turkey in the last three months of 2021.
27 January 2022
HDP requests Parliamentary inquiry into ‘psychological torture’ in Tekirdağ Prison
HDP requests Parliamentary inquiry into ‘psychological torture’ in Tekirdağ Prison
HDP Diyarbakır MP Tosun has applied to the Parliamentary Human Rights Commission: “Prisoners say that the prison administration commits psychological torture, they are subjected to wardens’ arbitrary practices and they do not have life safety.”
24 January 2022
Former co-mayor Narin had a heart attack in prison
Former co-mayor Narin had a heart attack in prison
HDP Diyarbakır MP Taşçıer has submitted a Parliamentary question about Seyit Narin, a former Co-Mayor of Sur district who got sick in prison and whose request for being transferred from Rize to Diyarbakır, where his family lives, has been rejected.
17 January 2022
At least 59 ill prisoners lost their lives in Turkey in a year
At least 59 ill prisoners lost their lives in Turkey in a year
Rights organizations underlined that the state is responsible for the health and lives of prisoners in prisons and has an obligation to ensure that they have access to their right to medical treatment and healthcare.
12 January 2022
Number of women calling for Aysel Tuğluk's freedom tops 5 thousand
PETITION
Number of women calling for Aysel Tuğluk's freedom tops 5 thousand
Seeking the release of Kurdish politician and seriously ill prisoner Aysel Tuğluk, the petition of “A Call from 1000 Women for Freedom to Aysel Tuğluk” has received over 5 thousand signatures in four days.
11 January 2022
Petition for politician, ill prisoner Aysel Tuğluk: ‘We don’t want to be late to save her'
CALL FROM 1,000 WOMEN
Petition for politician, ill prisoner Aysel Tuğluk: ‘We don’t want to be late to save her'
The petition titled “A Call from 1000 Women for Freedom to Aysel Tuğluk” will be open for signatures until January 12: “We can no longer stay silent when her life is blatantly put at risk. We can no longer remain mere spectators.”
7 January 2022
‘1,941 arrested, convicted children in Turkey with their rights, needs disregarded’
ANKARA MEDICAL CHAMBER
‘1,941 arrested, convicted children in Turkey with their rights, needs disregarded’
The Ankara Medical Chamber has made a statement about the situation of children in Turkey’s prisons and underlined that the conditions that “push” children to crime must be improved first.
7 January 2022
Ministry doesn’t permit HDP MP Gergerlioğlu to visit Kurdish politician, ill prisoner Tuğluk
Ministry doesn’t permit HDP MP Gergerlioğlu to visit Kurdish politician, ill prisoner Tuğluk
HDP Kocaeli MP Gergerlioğlu, also a physician, speaks to bianet about the contradictory medical reports on jailed politician Aysel Tuğluk. According to the MP, the report of the İstanbul Forensic Medicine Institution does not contain medical statements.
6 January 2022 Ruken Tuncel
Pandemic in Turkey’s prisons | ‘36 people stay in a quarantine ward’
COVID-19
Pandemic in Turkey’s prisons | ‘36 people stay in a quarantine ward’
From the report of the Civil Society in the Penal System Association: “In some prisons, quarantine areas are arranged as wards and prisoners stay there in large groups of 26-36 people. There are blood and urine stains on some beds and bed sheets.”
5 January 2022
Letter from prison: ‘Garibe Gezer was killed, they want to cover it up’
Letter from prison: ‘Garibe Gezer was killed, they want to cover it up’
Human Rights Association (İHD) Co-Chair Eren Keskin has shared the letter sent by prisoner Deniz Tepeli to lawyer Jiyan Tosun about the suspicious death of Garibe Gezer in Kandıra Prison.
22 December 2021
HDP calls for ‘immediate action to protect ill prisoners’ rights and health’
HDP calls for ‘immediate action to protect ill prisoners’ rights and health’
“The government, which has normalized torture and ill treatment, has also encouraged courts to take unlawful and inhuman decisions on sick prisoners,” say the HDP Co-Spokesersons for Foreign Affairs in the wake of the death of two ill prisoners.
17 December 2021
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