Top Court Rules Turkey Violated Rights of Gülen-Linked Teacher Abducted From Kazakhstan - Turkish Minute

Top court rules Turkey violated rights of Gülen-linked teacher abducted from Kazakhstan - Stockholm Center for Freedom

Turkey’s Constitutional Court has ruled that authorities violated their obligation to investigate credible allegations of torture made by Zabit Kişi, a former teacher convicted over links to the Gülen movement, following his reported abduction from Kazakhstan and incommunicado detention. The court ordered that Kişi be paid 190,000 Turkish lira (about $4,860) in compensation and that prosecutors reopen the investigation, addressing the key failur…

Top court rules Turkey violated rights of Gülen-linked teacher abducted from Kazakhstan - Turkish Minute

Turkey’s Constitutional Court has ruled that authorities violated their obligation to investigate credible allegations of torture made by Zabit Kişi, a former teacher convicted over links to the Gülen movement, following his reported abduction from Kazakhstan and incommunicado detention, the Stockholm Center for Freedom reported. The court ordered that Kişi be paid 190,000 Turkish lira (about $4,860) in compensation and that prosecutors reopen t…

The Constitutional Court (AYM) has ruled that there was a rights violation regarding Officer Kişi, who was abducted from Kazakhstan by MIT in 2017 and brought to Turkey, and who was revealed to have been tortured for 108 days in a container in Ankara. The Constitutional Court unanimously ruled that Officer Kişi be paid 190 thousand liras in non-pecuniary damages due to the victimization he suffered and the state’s gross negligence in its obligat…