"Torture house"

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"Torture house" jail in Turkey asked to be converted into museum

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HAK-PAR head has called for Diyarbakır Prison -- a notorious torture house of the Sept. 12 generals – to be converted into a museum.

Head of the Rights and Freedoms Party (HAK-PAR) Bayram Bozyel has called for Diyarbakır Prison -- a notorious torture house of the Sept. 12 [1980] generals – to be converted into a museum so that Turkey can confront some of the dark aspects of its history.

Bozyel, who met with Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan during an iftar dinner in Diyarbakır on Saturday night, said he had a very positive meeting with the prime minister.

He said he shared his thoughts with him about transforming Diyarbakır Prison into a museum. Boyzel stated: “Hearing my firsthand experience as someone who was incarcerated and subject to inhuman treatment in that place made quite an impression on him. I received a very positive reaction.” Bozyel said the prime minister agreed to give consideration to the proposal to turn Diyarbakır Prison into a museum.

Bozyel said the Sept. 12 junta used Diyarbakır Prison as a testing ground to crush the democratic demands of the Kurdish people and the entire nation. “Diyarbakır Prison is not just any jailhouse. It is a very important place both in terms of the recent history of the Kurdish people and the inhumane face of the Sept. 12 regime,” he stated.

He said the agony and pain associated with the prison have remained alive in the memories of hundreds of thousands of victims and families. Boyzel pointed out that similar places, such as concentration camps in Germany and Poland, have been always turned into memorial museums.

“By confronting it and keeping memories about this place alive, we can create awareness against interventions against human dignity,” Boyzel said. He wants future generations to be able to learn about the sacrifices made for democratic gains through such mediums, otherwise “we will forget about the price we paid and not appreciate what we now have.”

Boyzel argued that suppressing the pain would cause further trauma and that the deep wounds in the soul caused by torture could only be healed by facing them and talking about them.

[heval.s]

kak Talsor, it seems I learn something new everyday in this forum! This one article you shared is good news - if the lawmakers can agree to make the Diyabakir torture prison into a museum! I went to Wikipedia and learned about the September 1980 coup. I never knew about this incident in Turkey. there were 2 previous Military coups before that one. here is link to learn more:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1980_Turkish_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat
Short article from the link:
"Imprisoned Grey Wolves members were offered amnesty if they agreed to fight the Kurdish minority and the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) in the south-east of the country[38] as well as the Armenian Secret Army for the Liberation of Armenia (ASALA). They then went on to fight separatist Kurds, under the guidance of the "Counter-Guerrilla", killing and torturing thousands in the 1980s, and also carrying "false flag attacks in which the Counter-Guerrilla attacked villages, dressed up as PKK fighters, and raped and executed people randomly".[39] The dirty war had a toll of 37,000 victims.[40] Retired staff lieutenant colonel Talat Turhan, who has devoted three decades to exposing the Counter-Guerrilla, confirmed that they had engaged in torture, having been a victim in July 1972.[41] In his book Zordur Zorda Gülmek, journalist Oğuz Güven enumerated the methods employed, including but not limited to bastinado, urination, and submersion in sewage.
-Based on incidents such as the aforementioned, a growing number of people are reaching the conclusion that the United States, acting through the Counter-Guerrilla, directed the coup."

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[quote="heval.s"]kak Talsor, it seems I learn something new everyday in this forum! This one article you shared is good news - if the lawmakers can agree to make the Diyabakir torture prison into a museum! I went to Wikipedia and learned about the September 1980 coup. I never knew about this incident in Turkey. there were 2 previous Military coups before that one. here is link to learn more:
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Glad to have you here heval

I doubt very much that the Law maker will agree to create a symbole of turkish Opression in Northren Kurdistan , well at least not now .Kurdish Demands are more than ever and the pressure is mounting on turkey to find a solution . Change is comming and any change will be good for us .