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US urges respect for due process in Diyarbakır co-mayor detentions

US State Department Spokesperson John Kirby has called on Turkish authorities to respect due process in the detention on Tuesday of two co-mayors of...

HRW: Judge ignores large bruises on detainee’s body, rules for arrest

A high-ranking officer suspected of involvement in a failed coup in Turkey told a judge that he was severely beaten while in custody at...

HRW: Police dismiss torture allegations, claim detainee injured on coup night

An officer detained on accusations of involvement in an attempted coup in Turkey was ill-treated during interrogation, but police officers denied allegations of torture,...

HRW: Detainees don’t complain about torture for fear of further persecution

A forensic specialist told Human Rights Watch that Turkey’s post-coup detainees prefer not to talk about bruises on their bodies resulting from torture as...

HRW: Police threaten detained teacher with raping wife to extract confession

An Ankara lawyer told Human Rights Watch that his client, a detained teacher, agreed to confess to accusations leveled against him after police threatened...

HRW: Woman deprived of food, water during detention in Turkish prison

Detained shortly after a failed coup in Turkey, a woman told Human Rights Watch that she was deprived of adequate food and water and...

HRW: Detained Turkish teacher hospitalized after beating during interrogation

A teacher in Antalya told his wife that police had beaten him so severely during interrogation that his intestines were destroyed and that he...

HRW: Detainee suffers from internal bleeding after torture in Turkish prison

An Ankara lawyer told Human Rights Watch that her client suffered from internal bleeding as a result of torture by police officers. In a 43-page report,...

HRW: Turkish police strip detainees naked, beat them on testicles with baton

A lawyer reported to Human Rights Watch that five people were taken to a darkened room, stripped naked, beaten on their testicles with a...

Human Rights Watch: Lawyer says police tortured clients by squeezing testicles

An Istanbul-based lawyer told Human Rights Watch (HRW) that police officers tortured her two clients by squeezing their testicles and forcing them to undress,...

Council of Europe expresses concern about detention of Kışanak and Anlı

The Council of Europe expressed concern on Wednesday over the detention of Diyarbakır’s Kurdish co-mayors Gülten Kışanak and Fırat Anlı, asking Turkey to provide...

Man who attacked nurse in shorts released in first hearing of trial

An İstanbul court on Wednesday ruled to release Abdullah Çakıroğlu, who was arrested in September for attacking a young nurse on a bus in...

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