Don't state forces shoot their citizens?

11:21

JINHA

NEWS CENTER- People, who took to the streets upon the call of the government and President in the wake of the 15 July coup attempt, stated that they cannot believe that soldiers opened fire on people. "Turkish soldiers don't open fire on their people." said people; however they forget the Kurdish people, who were killed by state forces, particularly in the last one year.

Thousands of people were killed and hundreds of homes were demolished in the besieged towns Cizre, Sur, Silopi and Nusaybin in the recent year. The bullets that killed Cemile Cağırga, Taybet İnan, Miray baby and her grandfather, Selamet Yeşilmen, Cihan Karaman, belonged to state forces. Hacı Birlik tied to and dragged by police vehicle after being executed by state forces in Şırnak. 300 people were killed in Cizre's basements by state forces.

The operations that launched in Şırnak and its districts were announced as, "Cleaning in progress in Cizre" by soldiers. Sur, Cizre and Şırnak have been flattened by air strike of state forces.

Today, the reports state that soldiers were subjected to sexual assault by special forces. These special forces drew sexist graffiti many times in one year in attacks carried with soldiers on Kurdistan. Gendarme Special Forces (JÖH) and Police Special Forces (PÖH) forces drew sexist graffiti reads "Abortion should be free for the whore as we have to deal her children.", "Girls we are here, we got into your caves", "Love is being experienced in basements (Bodrum) my beauty."

Cizre women, who returned to Cizre after months, said that they found many used condoms on the floors and their underwear was removed from the closets and exhibited on the floors.

Cizre report prepared by Diyarbakır Bar Association, Agenda: Child Association, the Human Rights Association, Health Workers Union and the Human Rights Foundation of Turkey, reveals war crime committed by state forces. According to report, dead bodies of women were exhibited naked in photographs shared on social media. Meanwhile, state forces drew racist and sexist drawings on women's dead bodies. Some women's nipples were cut after being killed. A 15-year-old woman was killed and her body was tortured and then burned. A family found their daughter's dead body in four parts without head.

Many soldiers opened fire on civilians after coup attempt on July 15. Then, these soldiers were detained and they were subjected to torture by special forces. Meanwhile, Amnesty International announced that they have credible evidence that detainees in Turkey are being subjected to beatings and torture, including rape, in official and unofficial detention centres in the country after failed coup attempt.

JÖH and PÖH have put crime against humanity into practice in West cities after in Kurdish cities.

(sy/dk/gd)