Torture and ill treatment
Notable reports and publications released by NGOs, governments or international organizations on the allegations of torture and ill-treatment in police custody and/or in prisons in Turkey after 2016
Impunity in Turkey Today
September 2020 - Yves Haeck & Emre Turkut, Turkey Tribunal
Available in: English
Torture in Turkey Today
August 2020 - Eric Sottas & Johan Vande Lanotte, Turkey Tribunal
Available in: English
CPT reports on Turkey (visits carried out in 2017 and 2019)
August 2020 - European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
Available in English: 2017 visit, 2019 visit
Turkey: UN expert says deeply concerned by rise in torture allegations
February 2018 - Nils Melzer, UN Special Rapporteur on torture
Available in: English
The aftermath of the failed Turkey coup: Torture, beatings and rape
January 2018 - Amnesty International
Available in: English
Tortured to Death: Holding Gökhan Açıkkollu's Killers to Account
November 2017 - Stockholm Center for Freedom (SCF)
Available in: English
CPT report on Turkey (visit carried out in 2015)
October 2017 - European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
Available in: English
Mass Torture and Ill-Treatment in Turkey
June 2017 - Stockholm Center for Freedom (SCF)
Available in: English
Suspicious Deaths and Suicides in Turkey
March 2017 - Stockholm Center for Freedom (SCF)
Available in: English
Preliminary observations and recommendations of the UN Special Rapporteur on torture
December 2016 - United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)
Available in: English