Turkey’s Constitutional Court has ruled there was a rights violation in
failing to effectively prosecute an allegation made by a Russian woman, who claimed she was subjected to a strip search during her detention period in Turkey.
According to the court’s ruling, which was announced through the Official Gazette on June 14, the rights of Russian
Albina A. were violated when her allegations that she was exposed to
ill treatment during her 17-day detention period were not prosecuted.
The court also ruled for an indemnity payment worth 5,000 Turkish Liras.
Albina A., whose mother is married to a Turkish man, was detained
by Istanbul police in 2011 after she was discovered to have entered
Turkey with a fake identity 30 times despite an entrance ban issued due
to an expired visa.
