Information, topic by topic, on prisons across the world

July 15, 2020

Turkey: les écrits de prison, un genre littéraire à part entière

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Culture Asia Europe Turkey

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May 19, 2020

Turkey: prisons, le pays développe "un modèle inhumain"

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Pre-trial detention Europe Justice Turkey

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May 5, 2020

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…

February 7, 2020

Turkey: we are not likely to be freed from prison before the outside world becomes free

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Women Europe Activities Turkey

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.”

January 15, 2020

Turkey: déportations de prisonniers, la pratique courante

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Europe Justice Turkey

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December 18, 2019

Turkey: prison population increases by 14 percent in one year

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Europe Minors Justice Turkey

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.

November 19, 2019

Turkey: Zehra Dogan : "Je suis moins heureuse qu'en prison"

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Europe Turkey

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November 12, 2019

Turkey: radicalisation en prison, l'ONU en quête de solutions

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Europe Discipline Justice Mental health Rehabilitation Turkey

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October 10, 2019

Turkey: prison board not have authority to block letters on rights violations according the Constitutional Court

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Europe Turkey

Two inmates’ letters to parliamentarians on rights violations in the prison were not sent by the prison administration.

October 7, 2019

Turkey: Loup Bureau, une plume libre dans une prison

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Europe Turkey

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September 15, 2019

Turkey: l'écrivain turc Ahmet Altan, en prison depuis 2016, reverra-t-il le monde ?

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Europe Turkey

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September 6, 2019

Turkey: doble castigo para los presos LGTBI

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Europe Turkey

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September 4, 2019

Turkey: fourteen inmates died due to epidemic in İzmir prison

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Europe Turkey

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.

August 16, 2019

Turkey: wardens entered the prison ward, battered the inmates

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Europe Turkey

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.

April 28, 2019

Turkey: purged teacher dies of heart attack after prison administration ignores doctor’s recommendations

Turkey

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…

March 1, 2019

Turquie : les enfants sont emprisonnés avec leur mère

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Europe Social ties Turkey

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February 19, 2019

Turkey: les peines de prison de journalistes du quotidien d’opposition Cumhuriyet confirmées en appel

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Europe Turkey

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December 11, 2018

Turkey: dans l’archipel de la torture

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Europe Torture Turkey

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November 28, 2018

Infographics

Insights

Europe Violence Turkey

We have invited the graphic designer Headwar to visualise our work. The below infographics summarise prison population figures in Türkiye, and help us to understand the problems associated with incarceration.

August 27, 2018

Turkey: former NATO officer speaks of torture after failed coup

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Europe Torture Turkey

More than 150,000 civil servants were purged after Turkey’s 2016 failed coup. Officers at NATO bases were ordered back and many were jailed.

August 5, 2018

Deteriorating health of detainees in Turkish prisons highlighted in human rights report

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Health Turkey

According to data provided by Turkey’s Human Rights Association (İHD), there are at least 1,154 ailing inmates, 402 of whom have serious ailments, in Turkish prisons, Deutsche Welle (DW) Turkish service reported on Saturday.

June 26, 2018

Turkey: torture has increased, prisons are at capacity

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Europe Middle East Torture Turkey

NGOs in Amed have issued a statement saying that with the State of Emergency in Turkey,, torture has increased, prisons have reached capacity and people have been abducted, and pointed out the importance of solidarity.

April 20, 2018

Torture, forced disappearance, arbitrary detention in Turkey, says U.S.

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Europe Middle East Torture Turkey

“Alleged torture of detainees in official custody, allegations of forced disappearance; arbitrary arrest and detention under the state of emergency of tens of thousands” are among the most significant human rights abuses of Turkey, the U.S. State Department noted in its annual Human Rights Practice…

April 4, 2018

Türkiye: fading away

Testimonial

Europe Turkey

“I am about to forget my native language” Havre comes from Iran. He has been detained in Türkiye for six years. His story is one of deprivation. Deprivation of his liberty, his family, his mother tongue.