"Torture & Release": All in the Family - Teenager "Disciplined" by Dad, Uncle and Brother, in Şanlıurfa

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(Hürriyet Newspaper, 25 August 2023)

                          "Spare the rod, spoil the child!"

 

The day before yesterday in Mürşitpınar village in Şanlıurfa's Suruç 

district, M. Ş. (15) was chained around his neck, hands and feet by his

father İzzet Ş., uncle (father's brother) Mahmut Ş. and his older brother

Ali Ş. and tortured in a stable from 2 o'clock in the afternoon until 

11 o'clock that night (!). 

The "reason" for the torture was that İzzet Ş. was having a dispute 

with his estranged wife's brother and wanted M.Ş. to shoot him.

However, M.Ş. refused this assignment, fled to Nizip, where he stayed

in a hotel for 3 days, and then went to Birecik, where his family caught

up with him.  

M.Ş. explained afterwards that "they bound me in a stable using chains

that are meant for the animals and tortured me from 1400 until 2300.

Then they told me 'you won't tell anyone about this!'".  M.Ş. said that

his three torturers also urinated on him (!) and took a video, which they

sent to his mother, whose sister ultimately came to rescue M.Ş. 

İzzet Ş. and Mahmut Ş. were jailed and M.Ş.'s older brother Ali Ş. 

was released on judicial supervision (!). 

             Nizip and Birecik are at lower left on map.