The Witnesses

Abduction Witnesses: The witnesses are a couple who have been living in Pakistan. They testified that, on 27 September 2017, they were abducted with their two minor children in Pakistan. Their house was raided by Pakistani officers assisted by two members of the Turkish intelligence services. The family was held […]

Torture Witness: The witness, who has been a human rights lawyer in Turkey for over thirty years, testified that torture is used against political opponents but also against people charged with ordinary crimes. The witness stated that not only the acts of torture in itself were problematic, but also the […]

Abduction Witness: The witness testified that he was abducted on 9 May 2017 and disappeared for 92 days. He was a lawyer and academic at a Gülen affiliated university. After the July 2016 events he went into hiding since he noticed that colleagues and perceived members of the Gülen movement […]

Torture Witness: The witness, who used to be a schoolteacher in Cizre (in the Kurdish region), testified that he was abducted on 18 April 2015 by persons who said that they were policeman. The witness testified that these persons asked him questions about four of his students, of which they […]

Torture Witness: The witness, who used to be a history teacher, declared that he was detained for 9 days after the attempted coup d’État of 15 July 2016. He stated that he was called by his colleagues to come to the school because police officers were asking for him. He […]