Former member of parliament Abdulmelik Firat, currently awaiting trial, is reported to be suffering from a serious heart condition. AI believes that consideration ...
Mehemt Kambur, headman of Guvenkaya village, Huseyin Polat, Mustafa Doganer, Guzel Polat, Ibrahim Erdogan, Hasan Erdogan, Riza Ates, Bayram Gungoz plus an unknow ...
The human rights situation in Turkey has been deteriorating since 1990. This report documents "disappearances", torture, extrajudicial executions and the case of ...
Ayse Aslan (f), Muhabet Aslan (f), aged 12: Zahide Aslan (f), aged about 17, Aslan Kocer, aged 28, one unidentified armed PKK member - killed: Ayse Aslan and her ...
Gulbahar Gunduz, a 33-year old textile factory worker, was detained in March 1995 in Tunceli. She was interrogated and tortured so severely that she became paralysed ...
AI is gravely concerned for the safety of three Kurdish villagers who have been held in unacknowledged detention since 18 January 1996. One of the three, Esref ...
Orhan Ozen, political prisoner, killed in prison, Riza Boybas, political prisoner, killed in prison , Abdulmecit Seckin, political prisoner, killed in prison, Metin ...
Gevher Toprak (f) aged 17, Emrullah Toprak, aged 14, Fatih Toprak, aged 9, Irfan Toprak, aged 22, plus one other person, name not known: AI has learned that Irfan ...
Burhan Mutlu, a Kurd aged 34, father of two and two others, names not known: AI has just learned that Burhan Mutlu was released without charge after 15 days in ...
Osman Kundes, Kurdish trade unionist, father of six; new names: Halit Aydin, dental technician, Selahattin Yasak, teacher, Sakir Tanrikulu, Ahmet Gunbati, Ekrem ...