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Joint public statement Geneva, 9 May 2022 As Covid-19 cases and fatalities continue to decline in most regions around the world, public health measures…

Husband of millionairess who paid £750,000 to Prince Andrew is serving a life sentence in Turkey

Nebahat Isbilen, 77, says she was duped into giving the Duke of York money by businessman Selman Turk who she claims, scammed her out of her vast £66 million fortune. Pictured: Her husband.

State of Turkish justice: "Court acquits 12 people who attacked fashion designer Barbaros Şansal (@barbarosansalfn)

Turkish prison conditions worsen amid pandemic

news Turkish prison conditions worsen amid pandemic dw.com 16/03/2021 Pelin Ünker, Daniel Derya Bellut Thousands of prison inmates in Turkey were granted an early release due to the pandemic, but others languish behind bars in dire conditions and without proper medical support. © picture-alliance/ dpa Amid the pandemic, overcrowding and unsanitary conditions are putting prisoners in Turkey at risk The coronavirus pandemic has had a profound impact all over the world, including in Turkey, where there is widespread dissatisfaction with the government's management of the crisis. Human rights organizations have long criticized prison conditions in Turkey, and these have worsened further since the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic.

Turkish prison conditions worsen amid pandemic

Turkish prisons overcrowded under Erdogan's rule

SHARE Turkey’s prison population has more than doubled in recent years, while the government jailed political opponents, lawyers and journalists at an increasing rate. Recent figures from Turkstat, the government’s statistics agency, showed there were 291,546 prisoners at the end of 2019 compared to 120,194 a decade earlier. Since President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s AKP party came to power in 2002, there has been nearly a four-fold rise in the number of incarcerations. Inmate numbers have risen by at least 10 per cent each year since 2013, according to Turkstat. From the end of 2010 to the end of 2020, Turkey's prison population grew by 13 per cent,