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MP questions legal basis for penalizing relatives sending money to prisoners
Recently, a 75-year-old woman was found guilty of ‘financing terrorism’ due to sending money for her daughter’s needs in prison.
24 April 2024
Evrim Kepenek
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Two prisoners go on hunger strike in solidarity with ill and disabled inmate
Rights defenders have urged authorities to address rights violations occurring in "high-security" prisons, which they describe as "literal coffins" for prisoners suffering from illnesses.
22 April 2024
Evrim Kepenek
Support for transgender prisoner Buse
Buse's access to shared spaces is restricted under the pretext of the gender reaffirming process.
23 February 2024
Human rights groups draw attention to hunger strikes in prisons
"In some prisons, hunger-striking inmates are isolated from other prisoners, placed in a separate ward, and kept away," says lawyer Ebru Demirtepe.
22 February 2024
71-year-old ill prisoner put in confinement after angiography
Grappling with several health issues, Yıldırım had received a report that solitary confinement was unsuitable for his health.
12 January 2024
Ill prisoner İsmail Hakkı Tursun's release delayed for third time
Among the reasons for delaying Tursun's release are disciplinary punishments due to his participation in hunger strikes.
20 December 2023
Prisoner with amputated leg forced to stand up during headcount
Two HEDEP deputies have submitted a petition, demanding the investigation of human rights violations in prisons.
5 December 2023
Rising postal expenses impede prisoners' sole connection to the outside world
"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.
4 December 2023
Ayça Söylemez
Evrim Kepenek
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Lawyers challenge ‘suicide' verdict in suspicious death in Kocaeli prison
For the second time in two years, a “terror” convict died suspiciously in the same prison.
28 November 2023
Evrim Kepenek
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
PKK leader Öcalan faces new lawyer visit ban
Öcalan's lawyers are prepared to submit an application to the Constitutional Court in response to the ongoing bans.
16 November 2023
Inmate dies suspiciously in Urfa prison
The 36-year old prisoner’s family said he had no known pre-existing health conditions.
15 November 2023
Hitit University revokes prisoners’ permission to study over ‘security concerns’
The senate of the university unanimously decided that students, if they don't fulfill the obligation of attending classes, won't be allowed to take exams, and they have the right to freeze their registrations upon their request.
6 November 2023
Ayça Söylemez
Turkey’s new ‘high-security’ prisons raise ‘social isolation’ concerns
Prolonged social isolation may cause mental and physical health issues, warns the Ankara Medical Chamber.
30 October 2023
Prisoner on hunger strike for 117 days demands transfer
Nedim Öztürk was transferred to a high-security prison after his release was postponed.
17 August 2023
Ayça Söylemez
Prisoner's drawing materials seized during cell raid
The justification for confiscating the pens was cited as "drawing party flags and symbols."
15 August 2023
Using kettle-only recipes from Gezi Park prisoners-1: Lentil balls
A "kettle-only cooking project" was initiated based on Gezi prisoner Çiğdem Mater's kettle article published on bianet. The project invites all to a journey where women continue to produce under limited conditions in prison in İstanbul and this production turns into hope and resilience, and the first recipe is for lentil balls.
11 August 2023
Plight of severely ill prisoner on parliamentary agenda
A 27-year-old woman is kept behind bars despite suffering from severe heart and high blood pressure conditions, along with a herniated disc.
9 August 2023
Antalya prisoner launches hunger strike after alleged severe torture
Burhan Batur claims had been been subjected to torture, including being "hogtied."
1 August 2023
Rights group draws attention to rights violations in prisons
In the prisons in Turkey's northwestern Marmara Region, four prisoners died of illnesses in three months, according to the Human Rights Association.
26 July 2023
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Summer water cuts in prison in one of Turkey's hottest cities trouble prisoners
A Green Left MP has addressed the issue at the parliament, submitting a prliamentary question to the justice minister.
5 July 2023
Prisoners put in punishment cell allegedly for 'writing book in Kurdish'
An HDP deputy has brought two separate cases of rights violations into the parliamentary agenda.
6 April 2023
Report on rights violations in prisons in earthquake regions
The Human Rights Association has said that the authorities have transferred hundreds of prisoners in the earthquake regions to prisons in other provinces without informing their families.
15 March 2023
'It is forgotten that prisoners are earthquake survivors, too'
Many prisoners in the earthquake-hit region face difficulties in communicating with their families and access to basic needs since they lost economic support from their families, according to CISST.
3 March 2023
Ayça Söylemez
Constitutional Court finds rights violation in 'censoring prisoner's dream'
The prison administration had removed a part in the prisoner's letter because "dreams could be used for communication within illegal organizations."
5 January 2023
Justice Ministry issues new procedures to facilitate release of ill prisoners
With a new circular, the authorities will examine severely ill, disabled or elderly prisoners
3 January 2023
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Prisoners in Konya on hunger strike for 78 days in protest of confinement
Some prisoners brought to Konya from various prisons across the country were put in single-person cells.
21 December 2022
Constitutional Court: State is obliged to protect prisoners
After an individual application by a prisoner who claimed to be subjected to ill-treatment, the high court ruled that he should be paid compensation and his allegations should be investigated.
20 December 2022
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
Released after months of hunger strike, Gökhan Yıldırım in prison again
Yıldırım was imprisoned on November 22, just over a month after ending his hunger strike. Accepting the prosecutor's appeal against his release, the court concluded that Yıldırım's statements after being released were "terror propaganda."
2 December 2022
Ayça Söylemez
Colleagues banned from visiting arrested journalists in Diyarbakır
The colleagues of the journalists were removed from the list of visitors. Their lawyer says this was a "second punishment."
11 November 2022
Inflation affects Türkiye's unprecedentedly high prison population
A prisoner says he had not turned himself in at the expense of at extended prison sentence so that he could save money to make ends meet while in prison.
28 October 2022
Rojan Mamo
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