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Turkey’s Human Rights Record in Numbers

Turkey, which was once touted as a model country, has now become a case study of what can happen to a country that moves away from the rule of law and human rights. The painful cries of people groaning at the face of oppression, cruelty and injustice are rising all over Turkey, and what’s worse is that the society in general is blind and deaf to these grievances. While Turkey’s once-faulty democratic regime is rapidly evolving into a one-man dictatorship, economic and social indicators show that the country is precipitating into a ditch.

THE CURRENT SITUATION OF PRISONS

Under the political Islamist Erdoğan regime, which has been ruling Turkey since 2002, the number of prisons reached the highest level in history. With Erdoğan’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) abandoning libertarian discourse and policies and turning to one-man rule in the country, it is striking that prison populations have also increased. The prisons were filled with political prisoners far exceeding their current capacity especially after the failed coup attempt in 2015, with the crackdown carried out against the members of the Gülen movement, an international, voluntary-based education and dialogue community, which the Turkish government designated as a terror organization after the corruption allegations in 2013.

Sick and Elderly Political Prisoners IN ERDOGAN’S TURKEY – Special Report

Introduction

The jails in Turkey have long been mentioned in the same breath as inhumane actions and the breach of even the most basic rights, especially against the political prisoners. The violations have reached to unprecedented levels in parallel with the emergence of the current political-Islamist authoritarianism. The oppressive regime under President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s rule instrumentalized the country’s legal system to muzzle the political dissidence, turning the prisons into concentration camps. The number of inmates behind the bars has reached historic highs. Hosting convicts much more than their capacities, the prisons, which were already substantially subpar, have fallen way below the minimum acceptable standards for human dignity. Patients in particular bore the most of the brunt of this precipitated deterioration of the prison conditions and the wrath of the Turkish regime against its opponents.

TÜRKİYE’DE YARGI RAPORU

17-25 ARALIK 2013 ve 15 TEMMUZ 2016 SONRASI TÜRKİYE’DE YARGIYA DARBE!

17-25 ARALIK 2013 SONRASI TÜRKİYE’DE YARGIYA DARBE!

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Demokratik rejimlerin, doğal olarak bir hukuk devletinin temel ilkesi, yargı erkinin bağımsızlığı ve tarafsızlığıdır. Yargı, demokrasilerin zayıf olduğu ülkelerde siyasi müdahalelere maruz kalıp zayıfladıkça faşizm ve dikta yönetimlerinin sindirme aracı haline gelebilmektedir. Yargının bağımsızlığı ilkesi Türkiye Anayasası tarafından da koruma altına alınmıştır. Türk yasaları ve uluslar arası sözleşmeler ayrıca hakim ve savcıların kararlarından dolayı tutuklanmalarını engelleyen güvenceler sağlamaktadır. Yargı mensuplarına yönelik baskı, yönlendirme, müdahale de yasaklanmaktadır, sadece ağır cezalık suçüstü halinin bulunduğu durumlarda hakim ve savcılara tutuklama kararı alınabilmektedir.

“GLOBAL PURGE” : 144 ABDUCTIONS CONDUCTED BY THE TURKISH GOVERNMENT IN TURKEY AND ABROAD

“GLOBAL PURGE” [1]

Since July 2016, the Turkish government went on to imprison hundreds of thousands of homemakers, mothers, children, babies, teachers, NGO workers, academics, judges, prosecutors, journalists and countless other victims. Erdoğan declared a “witch-hunt” against Gülen’s followers, attempting to convince countries through carrot and stick policies or more diplomatic means to join his personal fight and do the same to the Hizmet members within their borders.

Erdogan’s Torture Squads and Torture in Turkey as a Grave Human Rights Violation

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THE CRIME OF TORTURE

As a member of the Council of Europe, Turkey has ratified the European Convention on Human Rights. Even according to the 15^th article of the European Convention on Human Rights which permits under extreme circumstances the suspension of certain obligations by members, the ban on the use of torture cannot be suspended. According to the 3^rd article of the European Convention on Human Rights titled.

ADVOCATES OF SILENCED TURKEY REPORT 2020

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WORDS FROM THE ADVOCATES

When the Turkish President declared in an infamous speech that “old Turkey no longer exists. This Turkey is new Turkey”, the story of Turkish authoritarianism had once and for all taken on a new character. Since July of 2016, the Turkish government has improperly imprisoned 130,214 homemakers, teachers, NGO workers, academics, judges, prosecutors, and journalists.

WOMEN’S RIGHTS VIOLATIONS BY THE TURKISH LEGAL SYSTEM

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The intent of this report is to declare the victims of the ‘New Turkey,’ especially women with children who have been under persecution since the July 15, 2016 coup attempt. Although the Turkish government does not promote transparent data on the number of children imprisoned with their mothers, there are 864 children in the prison according to the Justice Department Prison and Penitentiaries Management. The ages of these children vary between newborns to 6 years, as of May 24, 2019.

TÜRKİYE’DEKİ İŞKENCECİLER

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İŞKENCECİLER

İşkence suçu;
Türkiye Avrupa Konseyi’nin üyesi bir hukuk devleti olarak Avrupa İnsan Hakları Sözleşmesi’ne taraftır. Avrupa İnsan Hakları Sözleşmesi’nin olağanüstü hallerde yükümlülükleri askıya almayı düzenleyen 15. maddesine göre işkence yasağı OHAL’de bile askıya alınamayacak insan haklarındandır. Avrupa İnsan Hakları Sözleşmesi’nin ‘İşkence Yasağı’ başlığını taşıyan 3. maddesine göre ‘Hiç kimse işkenceye veya insanlık dışı ya da aşağılayıcı muamele veya cezaya tabi tutulamaz…”

ERDOGAN’S LONG ARMS: ABDUCTIONS IN TURKEY AND ABROAD

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The Origins of the Problem

Turkey’s struggle to draw the country more in line with the pillars of the European Union faced a long and accelerating slide. The country’s Freedom in the World score has been in free fall since 2014 due to an escalating series of assaults on the press, social media users, protesters, political parties, the judiciary, and the electoral system, as President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan fought to impose personalized control over the state and society in a deteriorating domestic and regional security environment.

Turkey’s Human Rights Record in Numbers

THE CURRENT SITUATION OF PRISONS

Sick and Elderly Political Prisoners IN ERDOGAN’S TURKEY – Special Report

TÜRKİYE’DE YARGI RAPORU

17-25 ARALIK 2013 ve 15 TEMMUZ 2016 SONRASI TÜRKİYE’DE YARGIYA DARBE!

“GLOBAL PURGE” : 144 ABDUCTIONS CONDUCTED BY THE TURKISH GOVERNMENT IN TURKEY AND ABROAD

Erdogan’s Torture Squads and Torture in Turkey as a Grave Human Rights Violation

ADVOCATES OF SILENCED TURKEY REPORT 2020

WOMEN’S RIGHTS VIOLATIONS BY THE TURKISH LEGAL SYSTEM

TÜRKİYE’DEKİ İŞKENCECİLER

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ERDOGAN’S LONG ARMS: ABDUCTIONS IN TURKEY AND ABROAD