17 October 2012 / TODAY’S ZAMAN, İSTANBUL
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has ordered the Turkish state to pay 10,000 euros in compensation to a victim of police brutality who was abused while in custody.
Thirty-two-year-old Eylem Baş, an inmate serving life in Gebze Prison after being convicted of membership in an illegal armed organization and attempting to overthrow the constitutional order, took the Turkish government to the European court claiming physical and sexual abuse while in police custody at the Kırıkkale Police Station in 2004, when she was initially arrested.
Baş’s application to the court was logged on March 12, 2007.
The court found Turkey guilty of violating Article 3 of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR), which states “no one shall be subjected to torture or to inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment,” and based its ruling on Turkish authorities’ failure to properly investigate the case.