“The governor told us each to ‘solve your own problem and find your own solution for yourself,’ ” Mr. Mohemin said.
Mr. Mohemin denied ever attending a beheading but later, prompted by an Asayish intelligence officer, he admitted going to one, he said, because he had been ordered to.
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His father and little brother, one too old to pledge to the Islamic State and the other too young, had disappeared.
If convicted of that affiliation by an Asayish court, his sentence would be long; if he was connected to any killings, possibly lifelong.
“Well, twice I was on the front line, just for a day, but not against the Kurds,” Mr. Mohemin said. »
