It is revealed that the container in the garden of city of Mardin Police Department was turned into a torture center. F.A. initial letters of his first and last name who is one of the victims of the container. He was detained protesting new trustee administration appointed to the municipality by Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
BOLD – Having detained on the third day of the mass protesting against trustee appointment in Mardin, Diyarbakir and Van Metropolitian municipalities, F.A narrated the torture and inhuman treatment that he went through afterwards.
Reporters of the Mesopotamia Agency who were also detained witnessed the bruises, ,several cuts and had 6 stitches on F.A.s back from the assault he was subjected to during his detention
Having rejected to sign the report during his detention that they forced him to sign, he was taken back to a room without surveillance, he could not tell anybody about what he had lived and experienced in Mardin Police department. As soon as he was released from the detention, he filed a criminal complaint and narrated the brutality he had to go through.
THEY FORCED ME TO SIGN CRIMES THAT I HAD NOT COMMITTED
After being detained, F.A. noted that he had arrived at the hospital in a semi-unconscious state. “They had already taken me. I was half unconscious. There were injuries and cuts on many parts of my body. I was in the hospital for about 3 hours. I got 6 stitches on a wound on my back. Then I was again taken to the detention center with threats, cursing words and humiliations. There I was again mistreated. They said that we were detained because we had rejected to show them our identification documents. They mocked and cursed us, saying “we do whatever we want to” , then they put us in rooms. F.A said.
F.A. said that he was taken to a room to sign the arrest warrant report of the charges that he never committed. They had a paper with them written nonsense charges on it and forced me to sign it, I rejected it. They tried to get us to sign the documents in order to cover their injustice they did. I did not sign it, on this, the polices in charge of custody went on insulting me and my family.
A TORTURE CONTAINER IN THE GARDEN OF THE MARDEN POLICE DEPARTMENT
Thereupon, a police officer who was called Ahmet and another police officer in charge of custody took him to the containers in the yard of the security building. F.A. continued explaining the horror he lived in there. He said, they forced me to sign a document, they said if I reject signing it, they will rape me, go after my family and harm them. I told them that I was brought to here for nothing, not for a reason or for a crime that I committed. Claiming otherwise, they accused me of terrorism acts, when I told them that I would no way to sign the paper, the long-haired policeman, Ahmet said that if I did not he would rape me, take me to another place, torture and rape there, then he would write a warrant, arrest me and harm my family.”
I WILL KILL YOU AND DISPOSE YOU
F.A. noted that he did not sign the report and was beaten there. He said “I refused to sign again because I was afraid that I would be end up in jail as innocent man. I refused again because I was going to subject to harsh torture” over this, Ahmet started to kick and slap me heavily. No matter how much I begged, he said it is too late. Whether you sign it or not, anyway I am going to rape you here and beat the hell out of you, we have everything about you, and I’ll kill you here and throw you in the trash. He continued threating and insulting me again.
I STARTED CRYING
He added that he overheard a dialogue between Ahmet and the other police in charge of the custody saying that “We will rape and torture like we did to others.” Then he turned me and said you were a man, right? Now you will be no longer a male!. I know what I am going to do you and they started doing what they said. One of the police who came later, said to Ahmet , it is hospital time, let’s take him to the hospital and then you can carry our torture and rape. Ahmet, I do enjoy, I haven’t done it in a long time, so I want to do it now. Other friends said, “okay, start”. Then he gave me orders and told me to obey my orders. I could not say anything out of fear. I was so scared that I couldn’t do anything. When I started trembling, he battered me. After beating me, he asked for baton from his friend, he beat me with that baton and then asked for a soda bottle from his friend. He said “first, I am going to take it slowly, and then will do baton show” , his friend said, “ now it is dirty, his feces will make here dirty” the other said, okey then. Let me beat him now, then we will bring those stuff and rape him.
HE ABUSED ME WITH HIS BATON
Further, F.A. said, Ahmet ordered him to pull down his pants and recalled the torture the faced. He said, Ahmet started touch my body with his baton. I started crying for embarrassment and fear. Then he got me sit on the chair. He hit my genitals. No matter how hard I tried to close my legs, he would order me to leave it wide open. I was trying to prevent him but unable to do so. Ahmet ordered me to stand on my toes stretching my hands wide on the wall. His friend told him “you mean old method” Ahmet said “yes, let his muscles got tired, I would beat him as I like, so there would be no bruises left.” While he was having conversation with his friends, he would hit my body with his baton at the same time. I already in burst of tears of embarrassment and fear. I almost stand on my toes cross the wall ten minutes. He said, “you are now tired now, right, should I start “ he would go on using such terrifying words. He beat me thoroughly then.
POLICEMEN WHO TORTURED ME COME TO HOSPITAL
F.A. said that the torture ended when the second police officer announced that it is over due to the treatment session. F.A. said he was threated not to tell anybody what happened to him. He said “ be relaxed now, no matter what you do , you won’t be free, if anybody knows about this. I will say he insulted state leaders, cursed Recep Tayyip Erdogan, or Mustafa Kemal Attaturk. I will arrange four officers who can testify against you, then you will stay here a lot more, I will extend your detention period. I will treat you very badly, do more torture. Then Ahmet came to hospital with us, he would not normally come to hospital. He came because he wanted to make sure I won’t talk to doctors. I couldn’t tell anything to the doctors out of fear nor got health report but I explained everything to my lawyer, now I will go ahead filing a criminal complaint.