Nalan Erkem

Amnesty International Secretary-General Salil Shetty on Sept. 9 visited the organization's Turkey director İdil Eser, who was jailed on "terrorism" charges two months ago along with seven other activists, being held in Istanbul's Silivri prison.

Amnesty International Secretary General Salil Shetty on Sept. 6 was not permitted to visit the organization's Turkey director İdil Eser, who was jailed on "terrorism" charges two months ago.

During his visit to Turkey, Shetty applied for authorization to visit to Eser in Istanbul's Silivri Prison but he was not received at the prosecutor's office at the prison.

Two human rights activists have been arrested in Istanbul a short while after being released from detention.  

Nalan Erkem and İlknur Üstün, who were previously detained and later released on condition of judicial control, were arrested on July 22.