a prison in Southeast Province of Turkey of Diyarbakir, which is still in memory for carry torture out There during and after the 1980 coup, it would be converted into a museum. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced The decision on Sunday during a visit to the province.
Erdogan said prison evacuated by original Ministry owner of justice, and of Sunday delivered over for the Ministry of Culture and Tourism. He said the latter drafted a restoration project for The building. he is added this along with Museum, the complex will host a library and venues for Culture and the arts.
The site, officially known as Diyarbakir Prison No. 5, has been a living icon of repression of The military junta that took power on September 12, 1980. In 2016, just A few months before another coup threatened Turkey, Parliament set up Committee to investigate torture and ill-treatment of prisoners in the eighties and there was a talk of . conversion prison In a museum, although plans long overdue.
The prison residence people previously unjustly convicted or detained military Military Council in 1980s, mostly Kurdish political prisoners who They were victims of Constant torture by prison’s military officials. For years, it was controlled by the military junta and after switch To a civilian system, its management was transferred to the Ministry of justice.
was synonymous with to torture for Many locals who survived their stay there, in An attempt by the military council to intimidate the local Kurds community.
Over the of Two years during the ’80s, it was quite a number of An inmate died of torture, infectious diseases and suicide in The prison. Although there is no official Numbers availableit is expected that more from 30 people Die in these two-year a period. families of Victims claim the deaths were not properly investigated or covered up by officials back and then.
Orhan Miroglu a former A deputy from the ruling Justice and Development Party was among the prisoners in The prison make an account of the conditions in The prison where they were not allowed to shower for For two years, they were forced to crawl naked on shrapnel of ice in Courtyard. perm bozel, who was imprisoned for Five years, until 1987, among the supporters of The prison is to a museum. Bozel recently told the Demiroren News Agency (DHA) that the . file prison It is an important center for memories for Turkey. “They applied torture methods, perhaps first of its type in The world, there. People have been subjected to unimaginable torture.” Bozel said he would welcome the transformation and would be happy if the site was transformed somewhere. future generations You can take lessons from what happened here.”
