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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
Inflation is also high in prison canteens
The price of a five-liter bottle of water rose from 2.90 to 5.20 lira in a month. Prices of some products have doubled.
5 May 2022
Ayça Söylemez
Mother of prisoner who died after torture in İstanbul prison: They hid my child from me
A few days before his death, Ferhan Yılmaz had invited her for a free visit, says his mother.
18 April 2022
Prisoners 'forced to kill themselves' in İstanbul transferred to other prisons
A delegation from the Human Rights Association has visited Silivri Prison, where one prisoner was recently killed.
15 April 2022
HUMAN RIGHTS ASSOCIATION
'Maltreatment, torture in Marmara Region's prisons doubled in a year'
In 2020, the İHD found 4,805 rights violations in 450 applications, whereas it found 6,222 violations in 326 applications.
10 March 2022
Severely ill prisoner not treated after refusing to be handcuffed to bed
Having severe heart disease, Fatma Tokmak is kept in prison despite a report saying that she can't stay in prison, says her attorney.
27 January 2022
Evrim Kepenek
'We are finally alive': Poetry books by three prisoners
While the government's policies that cause deaths in prisons continue, prisoners continue to write, draw and produce as well, expressing that being confined does not prevent ideas.
17 January 2022
Ferid Demirel
Prosecutors dismiss investigation into 'torture' claims of prisoner who died suspiciously
Shortly after she claimed to be systematically tortured and sexually assaulted, Garibe Gezer lost her life. The cause of her death was announced as "suicide."
4 January 2022
Penal labor in Turkey: Prisoners build prisons
A record number of 68 new prisons have been opened in Turkey this year, according to the Ministry of Justice.
29 December 2021
Münker Odabaşı
'Ill prisoner Yusuf Akbaba threatened with death'
The prisoner is isolated and not provided with proper treatment, the İHD has stated.
27 December 2021
Forensic Medicine Institute decides another prisoner with cancer 'can stay in prison'
Yusuf Özmen was arrested in February 2018 despite having cancer. He cannot stay in prison according to medical reports from five different hospitals.
20 December 2021
HUMAN RIGHTS ASSOCIATION
‘At least 59 ill prisoners have lost their lives in Turkey since 2020’
According to the İHD, at least 59 ill prisoners, seven of whom shortly after the deferment of the execution of their sentences, have lost their lives in Turkey since early 2020.
14 December 2021
PARLIAMENTARY QUESTION
'Prisoners' right to conditional release violated'
A prisoner says that the prison administration arbitrarily prevented his conditional release while releasing for others who had stood trial in the same case as him.
13 December 2021
Arbitrary book ban against imprisoned journalist Nedim Türfent
The letter where Türfent wrote about the book ban was censored by the prison letter committee as well.
12 October 2021
Münker Odabaşı
Sexual assault and torture against woman prisoner in padded cell
Human Rights Association Co-Chair Eren Keskin has filed a criminal complaint against several correction officers and an infirmary doctor.
8 October 2021
Evrim Kepenek
Violence against women prisoners on parliamentary agenda
Two prisoners were repotedly tortured by correction officers during a raid in their ward.
5 October 2021
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PARLIAMENTARY QUESTION
'Prisoner investigated for saying "friends" in Kurdish during phone call'
A HDP deputy has brought a report on rights violations in prisons to the parliamentary agenda.
28 September 2021
Criminal complaint about rights violations in Diyarbakır juvenile prison
The children suffer physical and psychological violence as well as other rights violations, according to a report by the Diyarbakır Bar Association.
13 September 2021
HDP's Leyla Güven, eight other prisoners investigated for singing Kurdish songs
The women prisoners have been requested to make a defense for "singing songs and anthems in an incomprehensible language."
23 August 2021
Report: Prisoners have difficulties in accessing cleaning supplies
The Media and Law Studies Association has interviewed 25 political prisoners in five different prisons.
5 July 2021
Parliamentary question on 'sexually assaulted' LGBTI+ prisoner in Eskişehir
Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) deputy Züleyha Gülüm has submitted a parliamentary question regarding the reports on sexual assault against LGBTI+ prisoner Memiş Akbaş.
1 July 2021
İHD finds 102 cases of rights violations in four months in 10 prisons
Prisoners and attorneys have stated several different types of rights violations, including maltreatment, violence and discrimination.
28 June 2021
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CİSST: Pandemic measures make the situation of imprisoned children even worse
There are more than 1,500 children in Turkey's prisons and 1,066 of them were not released durign the pandemic despite not being convicted, notes the CİSST.
27 April 2021
VIOLATIONS OF RIGHTS IN PRISONS
‘Turkey has a Justice Ministry full of scandals’
Addressing the lawmakers at the General Assembly of the Parliament, HDP Kocaeli MP Gergerlioğlu has said that he cannot get an answer to his Parliamentary questions regarding the violations of rights in Turkey’s prisons.
14 December 2020
Guards raid hunger-striking women politicians' wards
Women prisoners announced that they started a hunger strike in protest of the rights violations in prisons and the "isolation" of PKK leader Öcalan.
30 November 2020
‘Prison population of Turkey is above world average’
The Civil Society in the Penal System (CİSST) Association has released its annual report on Turkey’s prisons and their human rights conditions in 2019.
11 November 2020
TurkStat: Turkey's prison population exceeds 291,000
While 163 people per 100,000 population were in prison in Turkey in 2010, it increased to 323 in 2018 and 351 in 2019.
2 November 2020
Coronavirus and prisons in the world and Turkey
WHO recommends Covid-19 tests on convicts before their release to prevent the spread of the disease in the community. There is no information as to whether such simple measures are taken in Turkey.
1 September 2020
Mehmet Baltalı
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