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| The Grand Turk |
| Turkish PM calls dragged corpse pic 'unacceptable', HDP leader urges interior minister to resign |
| 2015-10-06 |
| [Hurriyet Daily News] Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu has "disapproved" an image tweeted of a corpse tied to the back of a security vehicle being dragged on a street in southeast ...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire.... where security forces are battling "It is not possible for us to approve images of a terrorist organization member who was neutralized while attacking police with rocket launcher in Sirnak," Davutoglu said early Oct. 5. "Required legal and administrative instructions have been given about this incident," he said in a message posted on his official Facebook account. As of Oct. 4, the Interior Ministry announced that it has launched an investigation into possible human rights When they're defined by the state or an NGO they don't mean much... abuses after the image was posted earlier that day. The photograph was posted on Twitter and shared by Selahattin Demirtas, the co-chair of the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP). The corpse belonged to HDP Sirnak deputy Leyla Birlik's brother-in-law, Haci Lokman Birlik, who is said to have been killed during festivities between police and members of the Patriotic Revolutionary Youth Movement (YDG-H), the youth wing of the PKK, happening in downtown Sirnak since Oct. 1. Demirtas, speaking to news hounds on Oct. 5, said Davutoglu's statement about the incident was not "satisfactory." "Let me say that this is only one case that was exposed on camera. Very similar incidents are taking place there each day. Imagine what might have been done to the living by those who did this to the dead. That is not meant to say that 'All security forces are like this and doing this,' but these are pretty much the practices. It's been like this for years," Demirtas said, urging the resignation of Interior Minister Selami Altinok over the incident. He also said the Interior Ministry sent two inspectors to the region solely to "cover up" the matter. While sharing the photograph on his account, Demirtas said, "Look at this photograph carefully. It was taken in Sirnak the previous day. Let nobody forget, because we will not forget." The Interior Ministry statement said claims of abuse would be investigated fully. It also said Turkey was determined to press ahead with its fight against PKK |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 Interior Ministry announced that it has launched an investigation into possible human rights The above sentence is causing Cognitive Dissonance. |
| Posted by: Sven the pelter 2015-10-06 16:57 |