Witness details torture of former teacher in Turkish custody, says ‘clothes were soaked in blood’ - Turkish Minute

Latest ECtHR Cases Expose Systemic Torture and Impunity in Turkey

The European Court of Human Rights has communicated pilot applications to Turkey regarding widespread allegations of torture and ill-treatment following the 2016 coup attempt. The cases highlight serious systemic failures in Turkey’s legal system related to human rights protection and accountability. The post Latest ECtHR Cases Expose Systemic Torture and Impunity in Turkey first appeared on The Arrested Lawyers Initiative. The post Latest ECtHR…

Witness details torture of former teacher in Turkish custody, says ‘clothes were soaked in blood’ - Turkish Minute

A witness testified in court last Thursday, describing signs of apparent torture inflicted on a former teacher while he was in detention following a coup attempt in Turkey in 2016.

Witness details torture of former teacher in Turkish custody, says ‘clothes were soaked in blood’ - Stockholm Center for Freedom

A witness testified in court last Thursday, describing signs of apparent torture inflicted on a former teacher while he was in detention following a coup attempt in Turkey in 2016, the TR724 news website reported. The Antalya 3rd High Criminal Court on Thursday held the second hearing in the trial of three police officers charged with torturing Eyüp Birinci and a doctor accused of failing to document it. Birinci, a former geography teacher, was …

SEVİNÇ ÖZARSLAN | TR724 SPECIAL The second trial of the case in which three police officers who tortured Eyüp Birinci, a geography teacher under a Statutory Decree, and one doctor who turned a blind eye to the torture by not issuing a medical report, were tried by the Constitutional Court, was held on April 18 at the Antalya 3rd High Criminal Court. In the court, Fevzi Akça, a teacher under a Statutory Decree who was held in the same detention c…