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Türkiye: prisons in 2024
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Pre-trial detention
Women
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Turkey
All there is to know about Turkish prisons in 2024. Key figures, life in detention, references: discover all the data gathered by Prison Insider.
Türkiye: a struggle for control
Interview
Europe
Justice
Material conditions
Facilities
Turkey
Turkish prisons underwent significant transformations in the late 20th and early 21st centuries. The historical background to this development reflects a conflict between political groups and authorities. Interview with Arda İbikoğlu (Altinbaş University).
Türkiye: lawyers in danger
Interview
Europe
Access to legal rights
Justice
Social ties
Turkey
The Anti-Terror Law is used by the State to imprison lawyers who defend opponents. The Progressive Lawyers Association (ÇHD) has been specifically targeted on several occasions. One of its members, Güçlü Sevimli, explains why and under what conditions they are being held.
Middle East
Material conditions
Social ties
Turkey
“Due to economic reasons and the exorbitant prices set by PTT, I am sending this letter through regular mail. I hope it reaches you intact and without censorship. Sending guaranteed letters such as registered or APS has become economically challenging,” says a prisoner.
Middle East
Mental health
Suicide
Turkey
Omer Faruk Gergerlioglu, a Green Left deputy from Kocaeli, stated today that at least 26 prisoners died in prisons in the first six months of 2023. Gergerlioglu stressed that 15 of the 26 prisoners died in suspicious circumstances. Another 11 people were not released from prison despite being termi…
Middle East
Health
Overcrowding
Turkey
Ahmet Göksu, who is jailed in Turkey’s central province of Aksaray, has told his family that inmates suffering from COVID-19 cannot access proper healthcare and are not taken to the hospital, the Mezopotamya news agency reported.
According to Göksu, there are critically ill prisoners among those wh…
Middle East
Material conditions
Facilities
Turkey
Inmates in a prison in western Turkey’s Kütahya province have limited access to water, the Bold Medya news website reported
Turquía: nueva resolución sobre Osman Kavala deja claro que debe ser excarcelado de inmediato
News
Pre-trial detention
Middle East
Access to legal rights
Justice
Turkey
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Turquie : vingt ans après ma libération
News
Women
Long-term prisoners
Access to legal rights
Justice
Mental health
Turkey
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Europe
Minors
Middle East
Activities
Rehabilitation
Turkey
Recidivism is high among youth criminals in Turkey as more than half of released minors eventually end up back in prison due to a lack of opportunities and support structures upon their release, said the Youth Re-autonomy Foundation of Turkey (TÇYÖV).
Turquie: l’écrivain Ahmet Altan entame sa cinquième année en prison en Turquie
News
Culture
Europe
Long-term prisoners
Access to legal rights
Justice
Turkey
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Turkey: prisons, le pays développe "un modèle inhumain"
News
Pre-trial detention
Europe
Justice
Turkey
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Türkiye: a life in isolation
Interview
Europe
LGBTQI
Access to legal rights
Material conditions
Facilities
Turkey
Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) prisoners represent a minority. Their protection is not ensured at all levels and their specific needs are neglected. Hilal Basak Demirbas works at the Society in the Penal System association. She regularly exchanges letters with LGBTI prison…
Turkey: déportations de prisonniers, la pratique courante
News
Europe
Justice
Turkey
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