I recommend the documentary called “The Hardest Prison in History” on National Geographic tv channel. The documentary examines the Fleet Debtor Prison in London/England.
The year is: 1700s and earlier. That is we are talking about 300 years ago and much more earlier. We are wandering on the dusty pages of the history. We have not been able to find the place of Turkey in the Europe and world of the year of 2010. It is possible to say that Turkey is not at the year of 1700, which punishes its citizens for their debts and deems its citizens worthy of an imprisonment penalty that has no place in today’s world.
But Turkey is also not at the year of 2010! At which stage of the history is Turkey? What is the year in Turkey?
We are searching for that in historical books!
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1 - S
HI,
I have found out that my friend has been arrested for debts. He bankrupted about 3 years ago. How can I find out which prison is he in and how can i contact him?
2 - Madeleine Kingston
Msuvain, congratulations on an excellent article which I read a while ago and cited on Twitter in discussion with advocates and victims of Turkish policies.
It is good to see that this issue is being addressed through active campaigning. As shown in my previous comment I was happy to sign the Petition started by the Transparency Association.
It is time that banks exercised a higher sense of #CorporateSocialResponsibility #CSR and ceased to pursue debt claims in such a way as to ensure imprisonment for debt.
I was under the impression that occurs nowhere else in the world.
Harsh penalties that ignore Constitutional rights of citizens and universal human rights provisions should be globally condemned.
As you have pointed out, "despite the 38th article of the Turkish Constitution and the protocol provision in Annex 4 of European Convention on Human Rights, debtors are still imprisoned in #turkey and harshly treated.
I hope that many others will sign the Petition.
Madeleine Kingston Victoria Australia 16 March 2013