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PRISONERS OF CONSCIENCE

Profiles of individuals unjustly imprisoned for their beliefs, journalism, or peaceful dissent.

Hidayet Karaca

Journalist, Former Chief Media Executive

Ali Unal

Columnist, Author

Alaeddin Kaya

Businessman, Former Media Executive

Ilhan Isbilen

Former Turkish Member of Parliament

Osman Kavala

Businessman, philanthropist

Serife Sulukan

Physics Teacher

Orhan Inandi

Educator & School Director

Melek Ipek

Philanthropist

4 Turkish Citizens Abducted...

Under UN protection abducted from Kenya

Abdulkadir & Nurcan Arslan

Public Employee / Housewife

Yusuf Kerim Sayin

Child with bone cancer

Koray Vural

Businessman

The Girls Case

Minors Prosecuted

Ibrahim Gungor

Imprisoned Alzheimer’s Patient

Ozlem Duzenli

Imprisoned Mother

Hatice Dogru

Pregnant Prisoner

Kamil Acar

Critically Ill Prisoner

Adil Kesim

Disabled Prisoner

Ahmet Burhan Atac

Child with bone cancer

Ali Odabasi

Former Managing Editor and Lawyer

Mustafa Baser

Former Judge

Hanife Arslan

Critically & Elderly Ill Prisoner

Mehmet Gurler

Former Turkish Air Force Major

Hacer Yildirim

Dismissed Public Sector Employee

Nurhayat Yildiz

Mother & Political Prisoner

Engin Kara

Former Educator

Ihsan Taspinar

Critically Ill Prisoner

Sadinaz Yasa Yilmaz

Mother of an infant, unlawfully imprisoned

Boydak Family

Business Executives

Halime Gulsu

Teacher & Human Rights Victim

Hulya Durmus

Teacher & Caregiver

Mustafa Seckin

Disabled Teacher

Mehmet Bal

Disappeared / Missing

Binay Couple

Imprisoned parents with infant

Zuleyha Erkol

Critically ill child

Ozge Ozbek

Critically ill prisoner with brain tumor

Mehmet Resat Ercakir

Victim of persecution-related suicide

Simuni & Hurmuz Diril

Enforced Disappearance

Sumeyye & Zarif Tercanlioglu

Unlawfully detained parents

Yusuf Bilge Tunc

Enforced Disappearance

Gurbuz Donmez

Critically Ill Political Prisoner

Fatma & Mustafa Kayihan

Imprisoned Couple

Hilal Keser

Imprisoned mother of an infant

Seher Dursun

Imprisoned teacher and mother

Mehmet Parlak

Critically Ill Prisoner

Ayse Karaduman

Pregnant Prisoner

Halil Karakoc

Retired Imam, Elderly Former Prisoner

Abdullah Aydogan

Elderly Prisoner

Bekir Bayram

Elderly & Disabled Prisoner

Fehmiye Celenk

Former Academic, Victim of Persecution

Yusuf Ozmen

End-Stage Cancer Patient

Cemal Tanhan

Critically Ill - Died in Custody

Kazim Avci

Critically Ill Prisoner

Mustafa Kirmizici

Detained Cancer Patient

Emre Turan

Ill Imprisoned Teacher

Gulden Asik

Ill Imprisoned Mother

Mahmut Kurt

Imprisoned Teacher

Celalettin Can

Writer & Human Rights Advocate

Azra Nur Agir

Critically Ill Child

Culha Family

Imprisoned Family

Mehtap Senturk

Paralyzed Former Prisoner

Hatice Avuloglu

Pregnant Prisoner

Lutfi Koc

Critically Ill Prisoner

Gultekin Avci

Jurist & Former Judge

Ramazan Sarikaya

Critically Ill Prisoner

Ayfer Yavuz

Imprisoned Mother & Former Teacher

Nihat Toktar

Imprisoned Baker

Esra Songur

Imprisoned Mother with Children

Esengul Arslan

Detained Student

Esra Ekmekci

Imprisoned Mother of Three

Sedanur Emecen

Imprisoned Mother, Chronic Illness

Elif Yalcin

Detained Mother

Mustafa Said Turk

Critically Ill Prisoner

Mustafa Ozcan Cay

Critically Ill Prisoner

Veysel Tikac

Critically Ill Prisoner

Dudu Ozyurek

Critically Ill Prisoner

Hatice Yildiz

Elderly Prisoner

Mustafa Ciftci

Deceased - Father & Bookeeper

Adem Cirit

Deceased - Elderly Prisoner

Ismet Ozcelik

Released - Rendition Victim

Mustafa Aytac

Released - Critically Ill

Huseyin Sabri Mavi

Critically Ill, Elderly Prisoner

Ferah Oktan

Imprisoned Mother & Teacher

Yasemin Melizci

Imprisoned Mother with Child

Ayse Ercengiz

Imprisoned Mother with Baby

Mine Isiktas

Imprisoned Mother

Muharrem Cankilic

Critically Ill, Imprisoned Tradesman

Osman Caglar

Critical Ill Prisoner Denied Release

Ersoy Karamustafa

Deceased Prisoner

Mustafa Kabakcioglu

Deceased Prisoner

Tevfik Birecik

Deceased Prisoner

Ibrahim Halil Ozyavuz

Doctor, Tortured in Custody

611 People

Mass Detention

750 Military Cadets

Mass Detention

91 Detained in 5 Days

Mass Detention

12 Innocent People

Mass Detention

375 Incidents

Police Mistreatment

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