Mehmet Tarhan

Mehmet Tarhan

male
ConscriptioninTurkey, prisoner, LGBT civil rights, LGBT history, gay, turkish…conscription
Mehmet Tarhan (born 1978) was imprisoned for refusing military service in Turkey as a conscientious objector. Tarhan had been sentenced to four...

Perihan Mağden

female, 49 years old
ConscriptioninTurkey, Censorship in Turkey, turkish, radikal, writer, Human Rights
Perihan Mağden is a Turkish writer of prose and poetry and is a columnist for the newspaper "Radikal". She was tried and acquitted on July 27th 2...
Halil Savda

Halil Savda

male, 35 years old
conscientious objector, turkish, prisoner, Kurdistan Workers Party, ConscriptioninTurkey, Kurdish Workers Party
Halil Savda is a Turkish conscientious objector who has been subjected to continued arrest and conviction for his refusal to serve mandatory...