Prime Ministry Coordination Center

The number of complaints of torture and ill-treatment filed with the Prime Ministry Coordination Center (BİMER), the Communications Center of the Presidency (CİMER), and other official means against members of the Turkish police forces have declined by 90 percent over the past two years, the Interior Ministry has said in a statement.

The Justice Ministry recently announced two different figures for the number of prisoners in Turkish jails as of June 15, daily Cumhuriyet reported on Sept. 19. 

The ministry's first response was based on National Judiciary Informatics System (UYAP) data, after main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) deputy Murat Emir put in a request on Aug. 7. 

The number of women held in jails in Turkey has increased by 113 percent in the last six years, according to the Justice Ministry's General Directorate of Prisons and Detention Houses. 

The allocation of Istanbul University's Botanical Garden to the Religious Affairs Directorate (Diyanet) in 2015 for the use of the Istanbul Mufti's Office has stirred a debate in Turkey, with the main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) blasting the move. 

The allocation of Istanbul University's Botanical Garden to the Religious Affairs Directorate (Diyanet) in 2015 for the use of the Istanbul Mufti's Office has stirred a debate in Turkey, with the main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) blasting the move. 

A court in the Aegean province of İzmir sentenced a retired elementary school teacher to 82.5 years in prison on July 13 for making six female students between the ages of six and 11 "watch porn" and "sexually abusing" them three years ago while on duty.