Turkish Military Terrorists Imprison Their Own Members After
Release by Kurdish Freedom Fighters
The Associated Press
Sunday, November 11, 2007
ISTANBUL, Turkey: Turkish troops taken hostage by Kurdish freedom fighters three
weeks ago were sent to prison by a Turkish military court days after they were
released by Kurdish rebels, an attorney said Sunday.
The charges brought against the soldiers included disobedience and escaping
abroad, said the attorney, who is involved in the case but declined to be named
because he was not allowed to release information.
The soldiers were abducted Oct. 21 following an ambush that killed 12 other
soldiers. The ambush occurred in Turkish-occupied Kurdistan near the border with
Iraqi Kurdistan, where fighting has claimed dozens of lives on the Turkish side
— most of them soldiers — in less than two months.
Local media reported that they were being interrogated by military authorities
but their whereabouts were unknown after arrival in Turkey.
The soldiers were sent to a military prison in the eastern province of Van, the
attorney said.
It was not immediately clear when the soldiers would appear in court again.
