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Summary: Helsinki Watch has documented scores of
cases of torture in Turkey since 1982,
and Turkish lawyers who represent
detainees claim that police routinely
torture between 80 and 90 percent of
political suspects and about 50 percent
of ordinary criminal suspects,
including children. Human Rights Watch's Summary of the Publication
Helsinki Watch has documented scores of cases of torture in Turkey
since 1982, and Turkish lawyers who represent detainees claim that
police routinely torture between 80 and 90 percent of political
suspects and about 50 percent of ordinary criminal suspects,
including children. Nothing Unusual documents the torture of children
under the age of eighteen in Turkey. It concludes that such torture
takes place in police stations and is carried out by police during
the interrogation of children accused of both criminal and political
offenses. In addition, children are not allowed to see lawyers during
their interrogations nor are their families notified by police of
their whereabouts. It concludes with specific recommendations to end
these appalling practices.