“Mehmet Metiner, the ruling party member of parliament who is head of the parliamentary sub-committee on prisons, recently stated that the commission would not investigate allegations of torture of alleged Gülen supporters in prisons. Widespread and systematic torture has been a longstanding problem in Turkey. But reports of torture and ill-treatment in police custody decreased significantly from 2002 to mid-2015, in part because of efforts to improve safeguards including limited custody periods, tighter procedures for recording detention and taking detainees’ statements, access to legal counsel early during police detention, and obligatory and regular medical examinations of detainees.
“Kafama bir torba geçirip ellerimi arkadan bağlayıp kafamı yere, duvara vura vura beni, alçakça gülerek, domalık dedikleri bir pozisyona getirerek ‘Yok mu buna tecavüz edecek baba yiğit’ diye bağırıp gülüyorlardı. Vücudumun her yerini darp içinde bıraktılar...