Turkey reports first corona cases and deaths in prisons
Turkey has announced the first coronavirus cases and related deaths in its 286,000 prison population.
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Ankara plans prisoner release, excluding those jailed on post-coup…
Turkey's parliament discussed a prisoner release law on Tuesday which aims to ease overcrowding in jails and…
Riot erupts in Batman jail as coronavirus release excludes political…
Inmates in southeastern Batman province of Turkey set fire to the prison on Saturday reportedly to protest a…
Jailed opposition leader’s wife calls for inmates’ release over…
A jailed opposition party leader's wife has called for the immediate release for inmates in Turkey in light of the…
161 Turkish media workers welcome 2020 behind bars
A total of 161 journalists entered the new year in Turkey’s prisons, an online platform reporting on imprisoned…
Ex-prisoner will not forgive notorious former security chief for torture…
A Turkish man who was imprisoned for five years in the aftermath of Turkey’s 1980 military coup says he will never…
Demirtas blames Justice Ministry for delay in his hospitalization: CHP MP
Turkey’s Justice Ministry’s alleged negligence is said to have caused a delay in the transfer to the hospital of…
Demirtas hospitalized days after falling ill in prison: lawyer
Selahattin Demirtas, the jailed former leader of Turkey’s pro-Kurdish opposition Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP),…
780 children in Turkey’s jails with their mothers: Report
The number of children locked up in Turkish prisons with their mothers has increased to 780 in November, an…
Turkish courts release journalists as “judicial reform package” comes into…
Turkish courts on Friday ordered the release of five journalists after a “judiciary package” came into effect on…