“Lawyers, medical personnel, recently released detainees, and family members of detainees described to Human Rights Watch 13 cases of torture and ill-treatment after the coup attempt, with varying degrees of severity. The cases include allegations of methods ranging from stress positions and sleep deprivation to severe beating, sexual abuse, and rape threats. In one incident, the allegations concerned multiple detainees. Human Rights Watch withheld most names of detainees and lawyers for their own safety because they had serious concerns about possible repercussions”.
“Sonrasında sırt üstü döndürüp ayaklarımı ıslatıp copla vurmaya başladılar. Sonra her iki koluma da copla vurdular. Boynumu ıslatıp copla boynuma da vurdu… Hatta copu ağzıma sokup ağzımda çevirdi… Sonrasında kaldırıp yumrukla vurmaya başladı. Her vurduktan sonra dik dur diyerek karnıma dakikalarca vurdu.”