Torture, Ethics, and Law

OBJECTIVE: The aim of the study was to investigate the long-term effects of torture in a group of former political prisoners. METHOD: The study was carried out in Istanbul, Turkey, where 55 Turkish political activists who had been tortured were compared with a closely matched group of 55 activists who had not been tor…

BACKGROUND: Although much research has focused on mechanisms of traumatization and factors related to post-trauma psychological functioning in survivors of trauma, there have been few studies of survivors of torture despite the widespread practice of torture in the world. The aim of this study was to examine the role…

State authorities invested in developing official expert discourses and practices to deny torture in post-1980 coup d'état Turkey. Documentation of torture was therefore crucial for the incipient human rights movement there in the 1980s. Human rights physicians used their expertise not only to treat torture victims bu…

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Objective. —To examine factors related to long-term psychological functioning in political ex-prisoners who had been subjected to systematic torture. Design. —The psychological status of 55 tortured political activists, 55 nontortured political activists, and 55 subjects with no history of torture or political activis…

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• NURBAY IRMAK

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• SIMON DRUMMOND VIGLEY

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An analysis of the 1992 Amnesty International report demonstrates the nature and global distribution of reports of human rights violations. Systematic torture was reported in 93 of 204 countries. Reports of torture were more common from regions affected by political unrest, including mass demonstrations, riots, outbre…

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• GÜRCAN ALTUN

In June 2013, protests that erupted in Gezi Park in Istanbul, Turkey were met with state violence, mobilizing hundreds of native physicians to deliver emergency medical care. Drawing on ethnographic fieldwork in makeshift clinics during these protests, interviews with Gezi physicians and analyses of recent laws restri…

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• HÜSEYİN ÇAKAN

In the last year many prisoners and their supporters in Turkey have gone on hunger strike. This paper from a Turkish physician and ethicist discusses problems faced by physicians. It is followed by a background note on the situation in Turkey and, more generally, on medical responses to hunger strikers.

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