This document updates “Turkey: A policy of denial” (EUR 44/01/95), issued on 8 February 1995. It covers the period November 1994 to February 1995, giving additional information on the concerns described in the earlier report. These included torture of common criminals, including juveniles; imprisonment of prisoners of conscience; trials of human rights defenders; and human rights abuses committed by PKK guerrillas. This paper should be read in conjunction with the paper mentioned above.
