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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”.

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.

‘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.

‘We will take Berke and Perit’: Boğaziçi students protest in front of Silivri Prison

‘We will take Berke and Perit’: Boğaziçi students protest in front of Silivri Prison

Making a statement in front of the Silivri Prison in İstanbul, the students of Boğaziçi University said, “We, students, are coming. We will free the positions occupied by trustees. We will build our own future away from this rotten mentality.”

Letter from prison censored because of ‘agenda-setting about students' scholarships'

Letter from prison censored because of ‘agenda-setting about students' scholarships'

Discharged and arrested academic Gülmen wanted to send letters from prison where she also wrote, “I would like to talk about scholarships.” Her letters are found “objectionable” because of “agenda-setting by targeting people and institutions.”

20 October 2021 Ayça Söylemez

Death Fasting Grup Yorum Member: I Want to Live and Play Guitar

CHP MPs VISIT SİLİVRİ PRISON

Death Fasting Grup Yorum Member: I Want to Live and Play Guitar

Main opposition CHP MPs Turan Aydoğan and Mahir Polat have visited Grup Yorum music band member İbrahim Gökçek, businessperson and rights defender Osman Kavala and lawyer Selçuk Kozağaçlı in Silivri Prison.

20 January 2020 Ruken Tuncel

CHP MP Çakırözer Visits Silivri Prison: Judiciary Defies the ECtHR Ruling

CHP MP Çakırözer Visits Silivri Prison: Judiciary Defies the ECtHR Ruling

Main opposition CHP MP Çakırözer has visited Osman Kavala, Grup Yorum music band members, journalists Ahmet Altan, Mümtazer Türköne and Gökçe Fırat Çulhaoğlu and lawyer Selçuk Kozağaçlı in Silivri Prison.

25 December 2019

5.8-Magnitude Earthquake in İstanbul

5.8-Magnitude Earthquake in İstanbul

A major earthquake hit İstanbul at around 2 p.m. today. The magnitude of the earthquake, which was felt across the city and its vicinity, has been announced as 5.8 by Kandilli Observatory and Earthquake Research Institute.

26 September 2019

Kites Flown for Osman Kavala in Silivri

Kites Flown for Osman Kavala in Silivri

Kites have been flown for Osman Kavala and all other inmates who are kept in Silivri Prison and other prisons in Turkey and have been unjustly deprived of their freedoms for political reasons.

No Drinking Water Given to Journalist Ahmet Şık in Prison for 3 Days

No Drinking Water Given to Journalist Ahmet Şık in Prison for 3 Days

Subjected to solitary confinement in Metris and Silivri prisons, journalist Ahmet Şık hasn’t been given drinking water for three days in Metris Prison.