EFD Rights Watch: European Court fines Turkey for torture under police custody

Road collapses near ODTÜ construction after water pipe blast

A road in front of Middle Eastern Technical University?s (ODTÜ) campus has collapsed due to a water pipe blast

Islamized Armenians voice their 100 years in ?purgatory?

Muslim Armenians say they are left in between ?in a purgatory,? saying they are accepted by neither Turkey nor the Armenian Patriarch

ECHR Ignores Torture Footage

The European Court of Human Rights did not find Turkey guilty of violating torture ban in a case where police assaulted the applicant by turning his arm. Instead, the court found Turkey guilty for poor investigation.

European Court of Human Rights
European Court of Human Rights (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Turkey has been fined 22,000 euros by the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) on charges of ?torture? while in police custody in 1999.

Students Detained For Protesting PM

Police detained 5 Genç-Sen members for protesting PM?s remarks on student residence by attempting to flash a banner at a cafe nearby PM?s office in Istanbul.

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