Prisons in Turkey
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Curated Directory & Deep-Dive Resources on Prisons in Turkey
- Solidarity with Prisoners Initiative/Tutsaklarla Dayanışma İnisiyatifi - fb - tr 278834
- Civil Society in the Penal System (CISST) 278874
- The Turkish mega-prison that became symbol of Erdoğan’s authoritarianism - Guardian 16.07.25 480639
- Families of prisoners call for support of political parties - JINHA 28.09.22 307868
- Report on rights violations in Turkey in August: Seven people died in prisons - Duvar 26.09.22 307867
- Istanbul Medical Chamber and Bar Association call for release of severely sick inmates - Duvar 13.09.22 306643
- 'At least 50 ill prisoners died in Türkiye in 2022' - Bianet 09.09.22 307860
- Kurdish politician Aysel Tuğluk hospitalized - Bianet 09.09.22 307861
- Eighty-year-old ill prisoner Makbule Özer released - Bianet 08.09.22 307862
- Turkish court releases prisoner on death fast for right to fair trial - Duvar 07.09.22 307866
- Journalist Ziya Ataman says strip searched in prison - Bianet 05.09.22 307863
- Doctors examined 80-year-old Kurdish prisoner 'with body language' as no interpreter provided - Bianet 29.08.22 307864
- Another suspicious death in Aydın Prison - Bianet 26.08.22 307865
- ‘She comes to visitation in a wheelchair, says, “I will die in prison”’ - Bianet 30.06.22 293430
- One year of Turkey's prisons: İHD report documents rights violations - Bianet 29.06.22 293431
- Gendarme remains in the room during gynecological examinations - Bianet 29.06.22 293428
- 'My brother used to weigh 62 kilos, now he weighs 44' - Bianet 24.06.22 293433
- From chemotherapy to courtroom - Bianet 22.06.22 293427
- Call to the Ministry of Justice for the seriously ill prisoner Mehmet Emin Özkan - Bianet 21.06.22 293434
- Families of prisoners in front of Diyarbakır Prison - Bianet 07.06.22 293435
- Women prisoners lack access to sanitary pads and wax - Bianet 25.05.22 293429
- New İHD Report: Human Rights Defenders in an Iron Cage - Human Rights Association/IHD 13.05.22 293432
- 79-year-old Peace Mother sentenced to six years in prison - Duvar 17.03.22 293437
- Human Rights Foundation says abuse of LGBTI+ people in prison covered up - Duvar 14.03.22 293436
- Monitoring Boards Report 2020 - Civil Society in the Penal System (CISST) 08/21 278823
- Opposition politicians are disappearing into Turkey’s massive new prison system - Foreign Policy 08.08.21 278862
- LGBTQI+ raped, beaten, abused in western Turkey prison, NGO reports - Duvar 29.06.21 278863
- Left Behind to Die: COVID-19 in Turkish Prisons and Discrimination Against Political Prisoners - SCF 02.05.21 355116
- Turkish prison conditions worsen amid pandemic - DW 16.03.21 278866
- Turkish inmates' children not given milk, regular daycare in prison - Duvar 18.02.21 278864
- Turkish prison authority downplays strip search claims, says they're as 'used on exception' - Duvar 22.12.20 278865
- Report on Rights Violations in the Prisons of the Marmara Region - Human Rights Association/IHD 09/20 278838
- İHD 2020 Prisoners’ Rights Monitoring Report - Human Rights Association/IHD 2020 278861
- CISST Annual Report - Civil Society in the Penal System (CISST) 2019 278826
- Human Rights Association: ‘Decree on Prison Uniforms Should be Revoked’ - Bianet 11.09.18 278868
- Hunger Strike Spreads to Prisons - Bianet 08.09.16 278870
- Struggle in Prison to Keep Colored Pencils, Sharpeners - Bianet 10.02.15 278869
- Prison Blaze Unveils Inmate Rights Abuses - Bianet 13.02.13 278867
- Minister Gave Order for "Return to Life" Operation - Bianet 15.04.11 278872
- Junta practices in Turkish prisons - Firat 9/10 26181
- Protests 10 Years after "Return to Life" Operation - Bianet 20.12.10 278871
- Death Fasts: 107 Died, One still Fasting - Bianet 24.10.03 278873
- Solidarity with Hunger Strikers in Turkey (2002) (Archive) 26183
- Hunger Strikes in Turkey - JSTOR 26184
- Isolation in Turkish Prisons Continues - HRW 5/01 26182
- Open Letter: Human Rights Watch Action on Turkish Prison Crisis - 4/01 26185
- Turkey: Isolation of Prisoners Condemned - hrw 4/01 26186
- Turkey: Action Urged on Hunger Strike 3/01 26187
- Turkish Government Kills 17 political prisoners 12/00 26188
- Turkey: Guarantee Humane Prison Conditions - hrw 12/00 26189
- Indefinite Hunger Strike in Turkish Prisons 10/00 (Archive) 26190
- Drawings of methods of torture, used in Turkey today - Özgurluk 2/99 26191
- Third prisoner dies in Turkish hunger strike 7/96 (Archive) 26192
- Justice Ministry to discuss situation of Aysel Tuğluk, ill prisoners - Bianet 15.09.22 307858
- On a hunger strike for nine months, prisoner Sibel Balaç hospitalized - Bianet 14.09.22 307859