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Turkey: Inmates in Kütahya province provided two hours of water
The Parmakören T-type prison, a newly built prison complex, provides running water for only two hours a day. Families have expressed outrage, saying inmates are unable to shower, clean their cells, use the toilet or even wash their dishes. “Prison authorities need to find an immediate solution to t…Source — Stockholm Center for Freedom
Turkey: Families call on ministry for conditional release of prisoners in provinces hit by earthquake
The families of prisoners held in the provinces of southeastern Turkey hit by a deadly February 6 earthquake have called on the Ministry of Justice for the conditional release of their family members, the Gazete Duvar news website reported. Haluk Çavuşoğlu, chairman of the Fair Life Association, fo…Source — Stockholm Center for Freedom
Turkey: 520 children under the age of six in prison with their mothers
According to main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) lawmaker Sezgin Tanrıkulu, thousands of women were unlawfully jailed in the aftermath of a coup attempt on July 15, 2016 due to their alleged links to the Gülen movement. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has been targeting followers…Source — Stockholm Center for Freedom
Turkey: prisons in the country host 1,517 sick inmates
According to the İHD report, 39 of 76 inmates who died in prison in 2022 were critically ill. Speaking to DW, İHD Chairman Öztürk Türkdoğan said the number of ailing prisoners and the death toll could be much higher than the report indicated. Türkdoğan described the situation as a “structural probl…Source — Stockholm Center for Freedom
Turkey: seen in the press / 2022
Violence, acts of protest, prison conditions, justice reforms: find out what is new about prisons and justice in this country. Prison Insider monitors the press on a regular basis.
Turkey: seen in the press / 2021
Violence, acts of protest, prison conditions, justice reforms: find out what is new about prisons and justice in this country. Prison Insider monitors the press on a regular basis. Turquía: nueva resolución sobre Osman Kavala deja claro que debe ser excarcelado de inmediato
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Turquie : vingt ans après ma libération
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Turkey: 60 percent of jailed youth return to prison after being released
60 percent of the children that are jailed in Turkey return to prison again after being released, according to figures from the Youth Re-autonomy Foundation of Turkey (TÇYÖV). 300 children between the ages of 12-15 and 2,800 between the ages of 15-18 are currently imprisoned in child penal faciliti…Source — Duvar English
Turquie: l’écrivain Ahmet Altan entame sa cinquième année en prison en Turquie
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Turkey: prisons, le pays développe "un modèle inhumain"
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Turkey: we are not likely to be freed from prison before the outside world becomes free
Arrested in Kandıra Type F Prison, former HDP Co-Chair Figen Yüksekdağ says that she has started playing a musical instrument in prison: “I make no claim in arts, my days in prison are turning into a lively and smooth life.”Source — Bianet
Turkey: déportations de prisonniers, la pratique courante
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Turkey: prison population increases by 14 percent in one year
According to the “Prison Statistics 2018” of the TurkStat, prison population of Turkey has increased by 14 percent in one year. As of December 31, 2018, there were 264 thousand 842 people behind bars, the Institute has informed.Source — Bianet
Turkey: Zehra Dogan : "Je suis moins heureuse qu'en prison"
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Turkey: radicalisation en prison, l'ONU en quête de solutions
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Turkey: prison board not have authority to block letters on rights violations according the Constitutional Court
Two inmates’ letters to parliamentarians on rights violations in the prison were not sent by the prison administration.Source — Bianet
Turkey: doble castigo para los presos LGTBI
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Turkey: fourteen inmates died due to epidemic in İzmir prison
MP Sertel has submitted a parliamentary question regarding the claims that fourteen inmates died in eight months in an overcrowded prison for seriously ill people.Source — Bianet
Turkey: wardens entered the prison ward, battered the inmates
Adana Branch of Human Rights Association (İHD) has talked to inmates of Osmaniye Type T No 2 Prison and prepared a report based on their accounts. HDP MP Kurtulan has submitted a Parliamentary question regarding the violation of rights in prison.Source — Bianet
Turkey: purged teacher dies of heart attack after prison administration ignores doctor’s recommendations
Muzaffer Özcengiz, a teacher who was purged from civil service and jailed after a 2016 coup attempt in Turkey, died from a heart attack on Friday in a one-person cell in Çorum Prison, although doctors had urged the prison administration to relocate him to a ward because he could not survive on his…Source — Turkish Minute