April 24, 2008 - 18:59 AMT
"Atlas of Shame" on tortures in modern Turkey published
Turkish Human Rights Association has prepared "Atlas of shame", a book of torture with studies by nine professors and doctors. The study took five years and photos of more than 10 thousand people who were tortured were scanned.

Torture atlas prepared by Turkish Human Rights Association revealed that one million people have been tortured since September 12, 1980.

Turkish Human Rights Association revealed that more than one million people have been tortured since the military coup in 1980. Scientists have carried out studies for five years and have proven the embarrassing methods of torture with the torture atlas of 236 pages. The book tells about torture methods, torture diagnosis and way of examination with photos and drawings, Sabah newspaper reports.