Category: Disability rights
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Serife Sulukan: a disabled teacher in prison
Serife Sulukan was put in prison on 3rd May 2022 for 6 years and 3 months. The reasons include: working as an insured physics teacher at a school associated with Gulen Movement (GM), sending her kid to attend the same school associated with Gulen Movement, and allegedly using the app ByLock that was found on…
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83 years old woman Makbule Ozer was sent to prison for the second time, after she was found unwell in the first time
Makbule Ozer, 83-year-old woman living in predominantly Kurdish, Southeast region of Turkiye was arrested in April 2024. She was charged for being a member or a terrorist organisation, and “willingly aiding a terrorist or a terrorist organisation”. This refers to an occasion when someone was brought to her house for help that was later found…
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MS diagnosed ex-pilot has been in prison for 6 years
The rule of law and respect for human rights are increasingly severely undermined and restricted in Turkey, The rule of law is a cornerstone of ensuring respect for and protecting human rights. The people in Turkey are facing serious problems in their everyday lives. There are threats to all human rights: individual freedoms are cramped,…
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Ex-officer is struggling to live in prison
Mustafa Ozcan Cay, a former staff colonel convicted on coup charges, was denied release from prison by Turkey’s Constitutional Court despite his inability to perform even the most basic tasks such as eating, drinking and using the bathroom without assistance due to advanced stage multiple sclerosis (MS). Cay served in various national and NATO posts.…
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A disabled physics teacher is still in prison in Turkiye
Serife Sulukan is a physics teacher who was sentenced to 6 years and 3 months in prison for working in one of the institutions that were closed by the Decree Laws issued in Turkey after July 15, 2016. Sulukan, who is also a mother of 2 children, is an 89% disabled individual. Sulukan, who has…