On this page you will find Press releases, Newspaper Articles and other information relating to the issue of Human Rights in Turkey. On the eve of the 21st century, the conditions prevailing in Turkey are the subject of international condemnation. Seven Kurdish villagers are being held in incommunicado detention, where it is feared they are facing torture during interrogation.
Medieval practices are still in effect in Turkish prisons.
Turkey is bracing itself for fresh revelations of political wrongdoing, after the emergence of new evidence of links between the state and rightwing gangs. Turkish court acquits policemen charged with torturing children A Turkish court on Wednesday acquitted ten policemen charged with torturing a group of high school students, the Anatolia news agency reported. Turkish jailings raise human-rights questions abroad A recent series of government actions has led to a new round of charges, including some from European governments, that human rights are not being respected in Turkey. A Turkish parliamentary commission will probe accusations that security forces made Kurdish villagers act as human mine detectors in the fight against separatist rebels. The ILO report describes that situation as'equivalent to slavery' Turkish policemen beat journalist to death.