Torture widespread after Turkey coup attempt, says UN report

Sweeping security measures adopted in Turkey after a failed July 15 coup attempt created an environment conducive to the torture and ill-treatment of detainees despite the presence of legal safeguards, a UN expert has said.

Briefing reporters in Ankara, Nils Melzer, the UN special rapporteur on torture, said he had visited numerous prisons and met Turkish officials as well as individuals detained over their alleged involvement in the botched coup.