According to the data announced by the Ministry of Justice, 456,157 people are on release with supervision by July 2018. Of those people, 389,497 citizens are bound to the provisions of “judicial measure,” a type of supervised release. 14,293 citizens who are bound to judicial measure are children.
The most widespread application of provisions of judicial measure is to submit regular signatures to a police station. Judicial measure can also be applied in the form of “ban on travel against outside the city” or “approaching close to a demonstration area.” In some cases, the citizens must submit signatures to the police station either everyday or every week. Human Rights Foundation of Turkey (TIHV) Chairwoman Prof. Dr. Şebnem Korur Fincancı stated that hundreds of thousands are undergoing processes of custody and that there is allegations of torture on almost all custody processes and prisons. Indicating that the application of judicial measure means to force people into traumatic environments with judicial verdicts when this picture is considered, Fincancı said, “People are constantly facing an environment of torture… Precautions need to be taken in order for the application of judicial measure itself to not turn into a torture.”
16.08.2018
bianet.org