Turkish soldiers tortured Kurdish villagers, threw them from helicopter, locals say

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Turkish soldiers tortured two Kurdish villagers they had detained, throwing them from a helicopter after battering them, eyewitnesses claim.

A medical report for one of the villagers states that he suffered injuries consistent with a fall from a height.

Military forces reportedly detained Osman Şiban, 50, and Servet Turgut, 55, on Sept. 11 while working on a farm in the eastern city of Van.

According to a parliamentary question directed to Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu by Murat Sarısaç, a deputy from the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party, the villagers were detained by soldiers and taken away in a helicopter, then were admitted to a hospital in serious condition two days after their detention.

#Şırnak/Beytüşşebap’ta iki yurttaşın helikopterle kaçırılarak askerlerce işkence yapılmasını #Meclis gündemine taşıdık.

Yaşanan olay vahimdir, sıradan bir olay değildir. Çünkü yaşananlar artık 90’lı yılları da aşmış durumda. Buna karşı siyasi refleks gösterilmeli. pic.twitter.com/sqw82Z7xDr — Murat Sarısaç (@muratsarisac) September 17, 2020

The soldiers interrogated the two villagers under torture and threw them from the helicopter, Sarısaç claims, citing their families.

The two were put in intensive care. Şiban was discharged on Friday but is reportedly suffering from memory loss due to his injuries, while Turgut is still in intensive care.

Askerlerin gözaltına alınıp “helikopterden attığı" iddia edilen ve 2 gün sonra yoğun bakımda oldukları öğrenilen iki kişiden Osman Şiban'ın gördüğü işkence fotoğraflandı. Şiban, işkenceden kaynaklı hafıza kaybı yaşıyor.https://t.co/euNOkKMYNG pic.twitter.com/V9Q0fWixnJ — Mezopotamya Ajansı (@MAturkce) September 18, 2020

The Mezopotamya news agency tweeted a photo of Şiban with bloodshot eyes and bruises on his face.

Lawyers for the villagers filed a criminal complaint against the soldiers, Mezopotamya reported.

According to the report villagers on the scene while the two were being detained allege that the soldiers threatened to shoot them when they protested the detention.

Glip-Glops on September 20th, 2020 at 15:48 UTC »

And they wonder why Kurds want independence. Its a complete mystery to them.

Shivshanks on September 20th, 2020 at 15:20 UTC »

these are the thanks they get for being America's ally in the war on terror.

thrown under the bus and left to be tortured by Trump

GoldNova_3 on September 20th, 2020 at 15:13 UTC »

On today’s how fucked up is fucked up... this would be pretty fucked up.