Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the use of torture in Turkish jails; and whether they have made any representations to the government of Turkey concerning this since 2015.

​We have noted the report of the UN Special Rapporteur on Cruel, Inhuman and Degrading Treatment and Torture, Nils Melzer, after his visit to Turkey in 2016 and other reports on torture, including by the non-governmental organisation Human Rights Watch. We have urged the Turkish government to address international concerns in this area.