Media Invents A Güngören Bomber, But He Denies The Allegations

Lawyers of Hüseyin Türeli, one of the suspects in the case of the Güngören explosions, who was presented by the media as the “Güngören bomber,” held a pres release at the Human Rights Association (İHD) today (August 6) in order to fix the misunderstandings in the media and to point out to the torture that their clients had been subjected to in prison.

Türeli was beaten up naked

Lawyers Hüseyin Çalışçı and Mehmet Sani Kızılkaya said in the press release that their clients were taken to the Metris Prison in Istanbul after they were arrested, undressed and were beaten up by about 15 to 20 gendarmerie soldiers and guardians with sticks, kicks and punches.

According to the lawyers, they are now in single-person cells with constant threats and insults. They are afraid the attacks may repeat.

"We will file a complaint"

The media presented Türeli, one of the suspects, as confessing to his crime by having him saying that he did it because the Kurdish Workers Party (PKK) told him that the casualties would be low and that he was sorry.

Rejecting these claims that appeared in the media with a strong tone, lawyer Çalışçı said that his client used his right to keep silent when he was interrogated in the Police Department. He also said that his client did not change houses before he was arrested, but was caught in his house.

Çalışçı also added that the families of their clients were also victimized. He said although they sent the necessary corrections to the newspapers, they did not publish them. They are planning to take the necessary measures to take these newspapers to the court. (RFG/EZÖ)