Engin Çeber

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Engin Çeber (born May 5, 1979 , † October 8, 2008 in Istanbul ) was a Turkish leftist activist who died in prison as a result of torture and abuse.

The Çebers family comes from Bingöl and moved to Istanbul in 1965. Engin Çeber had three siblings and attended school through to middle school. He later worked in the textile industry and was subsequently unemployed. Çeber was chairman of the Temel Haklar ve Özgürlükler Derneği ("Association for Fundamental Rights and Freedoms"). He was detained for the first time in 2004 for three months. He was arrested again on December 7, 2006, but was acquitted on September 2, 2007.

Engin Çeber was subjected to a personal check on September 28th when selling the magazine Yürüyüş in the vicinity of the DHKP ​​/ C and was subsequently arrested with several others for alleged resistance to state violence. He spent the first night at the İstinye Police Station and was examined by a doctor. The next day he was presented to the İstinye State Hospital and, at the insistence of the lawyers, to the Etfal Hospital in Şişli. Çeber complained of a headache. The documented medical examinations revealed swelling on the forehead and temples. The examining magistrate issued an arrest warrant and Çeber was placed in the Metris Cezaevi Detention Center in Istanbul. There he was mistreated during the admission process and mistreated several times the next morning and evening because he could not appear for roll call. The chronological sequence was recorded with surveillance cameras that were later evaluated by the court. Çeber had a conversation with the lawyers on October 6th and reported about his poor health. On October 7th, his condition deteriorated rapidly and Çeber was taken to the infirmary and then hospitalized. On October 8th, Çeber died as a result of a hemorrhage in the brain.

An Istanbul court sentenced the three perpetrators to life imprisonment. Harsh punishments against civil servants are rare in Turkey.

The state paid TL 36,270 to the family as compensation for Çeber's death. Amnesty International called the case a landmark verdict , as the prison administration was also convicted of torture. The then Turkish Justice Minister Mehmet Ali Şahin apologized to the family for the torture death and released 19 prison staff.

Footnotes

  1. ^ Habertürk, April 15, 2009
  2. ↑ Vatan of October 12, 2008
  3. ↑ Turkey: Court confirms life sentences for civil servants
  4. ^ Radical of February 16, 2012
  5. ↑ upi.com of October 2, 2012
  6. ^ NTV of February 21, 2009

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SURNAME Çeber, Engin
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Turkish activist and victim of torture
DATE OF BIRTH May 5th 1979
PLACE OF BIRTH Turkey
DATE OF DEATH October 8, 2008
Place of death Istanbul