Children at Buca were Beaten Up
Ahmet Ersin, a lawmaker from Izmir, of the Republican People's Party, said they found out that the children were beaten up after the uprising.
"Bad treatment and torture are routine things there," said lawyer Baris Cilingir. "All these caused an explosion among children in time."
"There are marks on the children's bodies resulting from the blows," said lawmaker Ersin, who talked about his impressions. "A number of them have head injuries. But marks of truncheons have vanished in time."
Ersin claimed that the children did not revolt because of the systematic torture in the prison.
"I did not get the impression that the children revolted to protest the systematic torture in the prison," he said.
"The revolt was about a demand for an amnesty."
Lawyer Cilingir: Torture is systematic
The lawyers of the Izmir bar said torture in the prison had become systematic. Lawyer Baris Cilingir, the coordinator of the Committee to Prevent Torture of the Izmir Bar, attended the "Different Voice, Different Comment" program on November 7 and said the following about the pre-revolt period:
* The children are continuously and arbitrarily put into cells. It is illegal to put children into cells.
* The children are forced to do the entire donkeywork and cleaning at the prison. Exactly like it was in the Wall movie. They are always faced with beating and torture. (EO/BB/EA/NM)