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Prisoners Who Died in Custody – Şiyar Çiçek

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VICTIM : Şiyar Çiçek
INCIDENT : A prisoner who had been held in a single-person cell for 10 days died under unclear circumstances.
LOCATION : Eskişehir, Turkey
SITUATION : Details of his case are unknown; he had been held in pre-trial detention since 2014.

Case Summary

Şiyar Çiçek, who was held at Eskişehir Prison, died in prison on 22 September 2026. He had been held in pre-trial detention since 2014 and had been held at Eskişehir Prison for approximately two years. He had spent the 10 days preceding his death in a single-person cell. His family reported that Çiçek was in good health and had only diabetes. The family stated that they might have been able to learn what had happened to him had he been held in a ward, but that they had no information about what happened before his death because he had been held in a cell. Although no signs of torture were found on his body, questions remain surrounding his death.

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General Directorate of Prisons and Detention Houses

Phone: (0312) 507 04 00 – (0312) 507 04 01

Mail: cte@adalet.gov.tr

Ministry of Justice – Republic of Türkiye

Phone: +90 (0312) 417 77 70

Mail: info@adalet.gov.tr

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