No improvement in Turkey so far. A statement of July 2000. > >Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2000 14:05:58 +0200 >From: dhkc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >BULLETIN OF PRISONERS' FAMILIES >July 2000 >Special Issue-2 > >"SILENT DESTRUCTION" >IN THE PRISONS > > >THE MEDICAL TREATMENT OF PRISONERS IS BEING PREVENTED > >Bulletin of Families of Prisoners Special Issue - 2 >Owner and the Chief Editor: Hulya Sisek >Address: Katip Mustafa Celebi Mahallesi, Hocazade Sokak, No: 4 / 1 Beyoglu / >Istanbul >Tel / Fax: 0090 212 2930848 >Internet Web Site: www.// hucreiskencedir.cjb.net >E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >"SILENT DESTRUCTION" >IN THE PRISONS >THE MEDICAL TREATMENT OF PRISONERS IS BEING PREVENTED >With the assistance of the TAYAD families >Address: Ordek Kasap District >Ibrahim Mutefferika Street Lale Apartment No 6/1 >Fatih / ISTANBUL >Tel / Fax: 0090 212 532 37 00 > >"SILENT DESTRUCTION' IN THE PRISONS CONTINUES >They want to kill our sons and daughters in the prisons silently and >voicelessly. >The massacres in the prisons do not take a single form. The state does not >simply massacre our children with weapons, bombs and torture like it did in >Buca, Umraniye, Diyarbakir and Ulucanlar. There is another method which is >called "SILENT DESTRUCTION". "Silent Destruction" means killing sick >prisoners by obstructing their medical treatment and abandoning them to >their deaths. >In the prisons, the deaths from illnesses are not the inevitable result of >fate. >Why not? >Because the sources of illness in prison are either the tortures people were >previously subjected to in the security department, or the blows prisoners >received to their bodies during security force operations in the prisons, or >the sunless, airless and damp conditions in the prisons, or the bad and >inadequate food. Treatment is not given and others are prevented from giving >treatment for the illnesses which arise from these conditions. >The transporting of sick prisoners to hospital is transformed into torture. >Even the prisoners who cannot stand up are searched from top to bottom, >handcuffed by their wrists and ankles and taken to hospital, not by >ambulance but in unventilated prison transport vehicles. Saying "there aren' >t enough soldiers, there aren't enough vehicles," is a way of rejecting >requests to be shipped to hospital. Many times prisoners who are able to go >to hospital are brought back again without even seeing the face of a doctor. >It is a common practice that the prisoners who go to hospital for medical >treatment have been attacked by the soldiers, receiving head injuries and >black eyes. >In the prisons there is a so-called infirmary, but no doctor. Or there is a >doctor but no dressings or even bandages. The ready excuse is "there is no >money." There are 500-odd prisons in Turkey. But for long-term treatment it >is necessary to stay in a hospital. But there is only one hospital in which >prisoners can receive long-term treatment. That is Sagmalcilar State >Hospital. But there you can receive neither a proper examination nor tests. >Because there is neither the proper medical equipment nor materials. Why, >you might ask. The excuse is always the same: "There is no money." There is >no money to treat the prisoners in the jails but trillions of lira are spent >in this country on constructing new cell-type prisons. The state pours out >trillions on the cells while there are not two pennies to rub together to >buy dressings for the infirmaries. >Now you might ask, is death an inevitable fate in the prisons? Up to the >present, dozens of prisoners have died of illnesses in the prisons. Hundreds >have been left to die through the denial of medical treatment. Can we say >that these are simply the result of fate? >No, these are the result of state policy in the prisons. A policy known as >"SILENT DESTRUCTION". Umit Dogan Gonul, Kalender Kayapinar, Yunus Yaman, >Salih Celikpence, Polat Iyit, Engin Huylu are just some of dozens of >prisoners and convicts who have been massacred by the policy of "silent >destruction". >And now there is Murat Dil. Murat Dil was in Gebze Prison. He was ill with >cancer. Proper treatment was not given, his treatment was prevented. Much >later, when he was near death, he was released. Now in hospital, he is >unconscious and could die tomorrow or the day after. [Note: Murat Dil died >shortly after the original Turkish version of this brochure was published.] >And there are others who may perhaps die tomorrow. Or three months later, or >five months later. Perhaps the best that can be hoped for is that they will >live on but be handicapped. >In particular, like the Medical Chamber (Tabip Odalari) and the Bar >Associations, as democratic mass organisations, associations, trade unions >and all those calling themselves human beings and wanting independence, >democracy and freedom, let us oppose the policy of "Silent Destruction" >aimed at killing our sons and daughters. Let us not remain silent concerning >"Silent Destruction". >SOME PRISONERS AND CONVICTS WHO URGENTLY REQUIRE MEDICAL TREATMENT >BURDUR PRISON >Sadik TURK: Swelling where a hernia was operated on, cataract in the eyes >and putrefaction in the urine. >Cem SAHIN: Chronic asthma, stomach ulcers and loss of hearing in the left >ear. >Erdal GOKOGLU: Migraine and bullet wound in right leg. >Mustafa SELCUK: Breathing difficulties since birth. >Cavit TEMURTURKAN: Shortage of breath and inflammation of the lungs. >Ali ASLAN: Vision impaired. >Ayten YILDIRIM: Heart problems and the beginnings of migraine. >Sibel OZEN: Stomach and duodenal ulcer and chronic bronchitis. >Aynur YASAR: One kidney removed, remaining kidney only 30% functioning. >Because of problem with intrusive searches, has not been able to go to the >infirmary and for this reason has also not received medication. Naturally, >has also not been able to go to hospital. Because of pressure from soldiers >to undergo intrusive searches when going to and returning from hospital, has >not gone to hospital for months. As a result absolutely nobody in Burdur >Prison is receiving treatment. >CANKIRI PRISON >Atilla EROL: Hepatitis-B. >Huseyin CUKURLUOZ: Hepatitis-B. >Hasan GUNGORMEZ: Hepatitis-B. >Huseyin SOLAK: Hepatitis-B. >Ozgur SONER: Hepatitis-B. >Erdal DOGAN: Hepatitis-B. >Cihan DALKAYA: Hepatitis-B. >Cemal ARMUT: Varicosity in legs. >Emir SEFER: Varicosity in legs. >Cumhur BIRCAN: Chronic haemorrhoids and stomach ulcers. >Hakki SEKER: Chronic tonsillitis, operation needed. >Ramazan CICEK: Chronic tissue damage in the throat, rheumatism of the >joints. Constant check-ups and treatment required. >Kemal EVCIMEN: Kidney stones, testicle cyst. Treatment necessary. >Suleyman ALTINOGLU: Advanced impairment of vision. Treatment necessary. >Temel CAGIRTAKIN: Operation absolutely essential for illness, otherwise it >is said that condition will turn cancerous. >Tuncer KARAKAYA: Right side of face partly paralysed. Violent headaches from >time to time. Treatment necessary. >CEYHAN PRISON >Mahmut OZTURKMEN: Sick with chronic bronchitis. No treatment received. >Bulent ARSLAN: Hernia of the lower back. Untreated. Moreover, anaemia >frequently causes blood pressure to fall. >Metehan YURTHAN: Ill with bronchitis. >Yilmaz OZDEMIR: Inflammation and stone in left kidney. In addition, chronic >bronchitis, heart rheumatism and inflammation of the middle ear. >Celal SEMIZ: Stomach ulcer. Untreated. >Semsettin KALKAN: Chronic asthma and breathing difficulties. >Arif GULBUDAK: Migraine diagnosed. >Necati ONDER: Allergy affecting the body lasting over a year. In addition, >membrane in left ear is inflamed and hearing is impaired. >Oktay TARAHAN: Low blood pressure, sinusitis and pharyngeitis. Untreated >from very start. >MALATYA PRISON >Gulay EFENDIOGLU: Paralysed since September 14, 1999 attack in prison by >soldiers and prison guards. Also suffers from stomach ulcers. >Ayse TEMIZ: Inflammation of the middle ear. Health problems serious. >Operation needed but soldiers are preventing treatment on the grounds of >"lack of security precautions". >Eylem YESILBAS: Serious lower back hernia. Operation required. >Besime DURU: M-16 bullet lodged in left leg. Operation necessary. >Gulsum CAKMAK: Violent headaches (migraine). >Esma ARSLANBOGAN: Lower back hernia. >Hatun AN: Advanced rheumatism present. >Feride HARMAN: Kidney disease. Untreated because transport to hospital >prevented. >Guler ZERE: Hepatitis-B carrier. Treatment with serum necessary. >Emine TEMIZ: Heart disease and diabetes. Moreover, high blood pressure, >kidney disease and rheumatism. >Elif AKKURT: Dental treatment needed. Gynaecological illnesses and chronic >sinusitis. >Serpil YILDIZ: Stomach ulcer present. >Dursun KAS: Sinusitis, inflammation of the middle ear and loss of hearing. >Sinan GUL: Lower back hernia. >Zeki ARDIC: Stomach ulcer. >Cemal ALTUG: Stomach ulcer. >Zeynel YILDIZ: Stomach ulcer. >Ozgur ISIK: Stomach ulcer and sinusitis. >Erkan AKDOGAN: Bullet in leg. Operation necessary. >Ethem ZARIC: Pieces of shrapnel lodged in body. Operation necessary. >Hayri ARPA: Asthma. >UMRANIYE PRISON >Mehmet KOC: Impaired vision, rheumatism in joints, inflammation of kidneys >and urethra. >Akin OLGUN: Violent pain and numbness in both arms. >Riza POYRAZ: Hepatitis-B. >Tekin IME: Migraine and pharyngeitis. >Mesut SIMSEK: Hepatitis-B. >Erkan KAYA: Kidney and lower back problems. >Veli DIKME: Lower back hernia, inflammation of the kidneys, high blood >pressure. >Aslan BAHAR: Rheumatism. >Kemal SIRMA: Chronic bronchitis. >Deniz KURT: Hole in right ear membrane and sinusitis. >Bulent OZDEMIR: Complains of severe pain in head and lower back. >Ufuk KESKIN: Diabetes. In addition stomach ulcer. >Berkan ABATAY: Slipped disk in lower back. >Hakan YILDIRIM: Hepatitis-B. >Ali Murat BALIK: Stomach ulcer. >Ayhan MIMTAS: Hepatitis-B. >Serhat AKTUG: Sinusitis and pharyngeitis. >Dogan CELIK: Chronic rheumatism of the joints. >Halil ACAR: Rheumatism of the joints. >Levent NEVRUZ: Damage to bone and flesh of nose. (Operation required but has >not been able to stay in hospital because of pressure to undergo >dishonourable searches on the way there.) >Selahattin AYDIN: Hepatitis-B. >Hanifi DENIZ: Lower back hernia. >Orhan YALCINKAYA: Chronic bronchitis. >Ali Ekber GUL: Chronic bronchitis, asthma and rheumatism. >Cetin AGDAS: Anaemia and chronic bronchitis. >Cafer DOGAN: Anaemia. >Mizrap ATES: Loss of hearing in right ear. (Treatment prevented.) >Bulent KAYA: Kidney disease. >Cengiz KARAKAS: Sinusitis and pharyngeitis. >Eyup SAMUR: Sinusitis and migraine. >Resit SARI: Lower back hernia. >Cemal OZDEMIR: Ear inflammation. >Cemal UNAL: Rheumatism, chronic bronchitis, jaundice and hernia. >Nurettin ASLAN: Gastritis. >Aga YILDIRIM: Heart problems. >Rutil OZTURK: Suffers from body cramps. No diagnosis made. >Serdar ADALI: Chronic bronchitis, rheumatism of the joints, chronic >infection of the kidneys and urethra. Also partial memory loss. >Yavuz DONMEZ: Hepatitis-B. >Mustafa AKPUR: Constriction of blood vessels and calcification of joints. >Oktay KARADEMIR: Chronic bronchitis. >Vedat CELIK: Hepatitis-B. >Ergin ATESCI: Intestinal infection. >Erol ELMAS: Frequent tonsil inflammation, fevers with temperatures running >as high as 40 degrees. >Celal GEZER: Kidney stone. >Nurzet GUNAL: Numbness of the body, particularly on the left-hand side. >Hasan GOKHAN: Ulcer. >Orhan EROGLU: Epilepsy (received gunshot wound during Gazi Uprising, March >1995), numbness in body and loss of balance. >Savas CELIKER: Ulcer, anaemia and sinusitis. >Ibrahim YERLIKAYA: Liver inflammation and sinusitis. >Rasim OZTAS: Stomach ulcer. >Feridun Yucel BATU: Sinusitis and spinal damage. >Umut GEDIK: Chronic pharyngeitis. >Ilhan PIRGAIP: Internal goitre. >Oktay ASLAN: Suspected tuberculosis. >Ibrahim YILDIRIM: Enlarged liver. >Ersin VURAL: Hearing loss. >Onder ERBEKTAS: Panic attacks. >Adem KAVASOGLU: Hepatitis-B. >Ali Haydar KAHRAMAN: FMF (Family Mediterranean Fever) >Zeynel AYGUN: Kidney stone. >Ahmet IBILI: Has had tuberculosis, is probably relapsing. Nothing has been >to diagnose or treat it because this has been prevented. >Tayyar SURUL: Varicosity in the feet has become inflamed and because it has >gone untreated it has turned gangrenous. >Ibrahim Halil SAHIN: Violent pains in lower back. >Necla CAN: Lower back hernia, difficulty breathing through the nose because >of a cyst and sinusitis, constriction of blood vessels. Nerve damage in arms >and inflammation in the ears. >Zerif BALCIK: Advanced rheumatism. >Tulin SOYHAN: Rheumatism and allergy. >Zeynep ARIKAN: Because of gunshot wound, nerve damage to lower back and >numbness in lower back and legs, pins and needles and pains. In addition, >gynaecological illnesses (inflammation and muscle problems). >Gulpinar ADIYAMAN: Gynaecological illnesses (inflammation). >Gulbahar UNLU: Stomach illness. Degeneration of muscles in both arms. >Tulay KORKMAZ: Asthma. >Zeliha ERTURK: Chronic bronchitis. >Hatun POLAT: Sinusitis, chronic bronchitis, kidney inflammation, >inflammation of urethra and gynaecological illness. >Madimak OZEN: As a result of torture, cataract has formed over eye. Vision >in left eye has suffered advanced impairment. >Nuriye YESIL: Bronchitis and constant pain in legs. >Serap AYGUN: Rheumatism, localised pain and numbness in elbow joints. >Elmas BASARIR: Gynaecological illness (inflammation). >Yildiz GEMICIOGLU: lower back hernia and sinusitis. >Remziye YASAR: Rheumatism, heart disease, high blood pressure and Behcet >disease. >Sengul ASLAN: Rheumatism of the joints. >Umus SAHINGOZ: Asthma, advanced astigmatism and myopia. >Gulay KAVAK: Rheumatism. >Guzin TOLGA: Beginnings of asthma, rheumatism of the joints, stomach ulcer >and sinusitis. >Sevinc KOCAKAFA: Chronic bronchitis. >Meryem ALTUN: Bronchitis. >Hayriye GUNDUZ: Stomach ulcer and permanent numbness in arms due to torture. >Asuman OZCAN: Advanced asthma. >Celal KELES: Hepatitis-B. >Haydar CEYLAN: Hepatitis-B. >Cemal RAKIP: Loss of memory, forgetfulness, continual headaches and pain in >lower back resulting from the 1996 Death Fast. >Kazim GUNDOGAN: Chronic pharyngeitis with a risk of contracting cancer. >Duzgun KERDEN: Rheumatism in the blood vessels of the heart, suspected >jaundice carrier. >M. Ali ESER: Lower back hernia. >Taylan PEKTAS: Rheumatism of the joints and asthma. >Rasit SARI: Lower back hernia and stomach problems. >Selahattin AYDIN: Hepatitis-B. >Mehmet ZINCIR: Neck hernia. >Yildiz GEMICIOGLU: Hernia. >Cemal DUYMAZ: Hernia in two separate areas. >Huseyin DINC: Hernia. >Sabit TASKALE: Hernia and extreme impairment of vision. >Nahit AYDOGAN: Epilepsy. >Fuat CELIKPENCE: Heart rheumatism. >BAYRAMPASA PRISON >Guldede CEVEN: Epilepsy. >Ethem ELMA: Duodenal ulcer. Advanced illness. As a result of an endoscopy, >it was discovered that an operation was necessary. But the date for an >operation has not been fixed because of problems arranging transport to >hospital. Suffers from violent pain and vomiting. >Akin DURMAZ: Violent headaches. Was in a coma for a long time following the >Umraniye massacre (1996). Tomography is necessary so diagnosis can be made >but no tomography has been carried out because of problems arranging >transport to hospital. >Binali SARIELMAS: Advanced bronchitis and asthma. Frequent serious attacks. >No treatment received apart from constant use of medication. >Oktay KARATAS: Damage sustained during the Umraniye massacre has resulted in >complete loss of hearing. Despite applications being submitted, on the >pretext of lack of money no hearing aid has been provided. >Asim OZDEMIR: Kidney stone. Stone continually falling. It is necessary for a >film to be taken of it. But no film has been made because of problems with >transport to hospital. >Savas DORTYOL: Long-term hair loss. Operation needed. In addition, chronic >bronchitis and rheumatoid arthritis >Genceli KARABULUT: Chronic hepatitis-B. Still no antibodies being produced. >Illness active again. A biopsy must be carried out but this has still not >been done because of problems. Because there was no biopsy there has also >been no treatment. >Metin TURAN: Operated on because of damage to the arm, fingers and ribcage >due to blows received during the Umraniye massacre. Kept under long-term >observation. Varicosity. Advanced impairment of vision. Left eye ceasing to >function. A doctor said an operation was also necessary to correct >structural defects in the eye but this has not been done. >Polat UZUNBIYIK: Stomach and kidney problems. Has received treatment with >medication. >Dincer OTLUCIMEN: Periodic difficulty breathing. The reason still unclear. >Serdar KARACELIK: Problems with the lower back and neck owing to torture. >Also stomach problems. >Cengiz BAYIR: Epilepsy. Taking medication. Has two or three attacks a day. >Ercan KARTAL: Unhealed wound in right foot caused by torture session in the >security department. Wound completely untreated. Also stomach problems. >Ozkan GUZEL: Problems in ears. Treatment received on several occasions but >without result. Also, headaches for no obvious reason. >Yucel POYRAZ: Varicosity. One operation carried out. Continual complaints >because operation incorrectly performed. Another operation necessary. But >operation continually postponed because of difficulties about arranging >transport to hospital. Also suffers from sinusitis and pharyngeitis. Blood >test has revealed wasting away of muscle tissue. >Hakan ERKAL: Headaches and vomiting. No diagnosis made. A film needs to be >made. >Ismet UNVER: Hair loss, including body hair. Operation carried out. But >illness continues. Bone decay. No treatment has been received for this. >Suleyman ACAR: Skull fractured as a result of blows received during the >Umraniye massacre. Severe headaches and vomiting have continued. Is taking >medication. Must receive a scan but has not been to hospital for months >because of problems arranging transport there. >Murat ACAR: Muscle degeneration diagnosed as a result of the most recent >analysis, though the doctor called it insignificant. No treatment has been >given. Hair loss. An operation is necessary. There is a suspected goitre. >The results of a test have not come back. >Mete BILIK: Hernia. Stayed in hospital for an operation. But the operation >never took place. At the moment physical treatment is being received. There >is bone decay. No treatment being received for this. >Yilmaz YIGIT: Suffering from high cholesterol. Severe headaches from time to >time but the cause of them is not obvious. >Ozkan PEKGULEC: Sinusitis. Flat feet. A prosthesis must be applied but >because of the attitude of the administration, no soles have been supplied. >He also has ulcers and the beginning of a hernia. An operation is necessary. >Mustafa YILMAZ: Sinusitis and kidney stones. >Kenan GUNYEL: Following the Death Fast, an illness involving tension in the >muscles. Headaches from time to time. >Cengiz CALIKOPARAN: Migraine. >Erkan ERDEM: Break in the cartilage of the right hand. An operation is >necessary. But the operation is continually being postponed. >Ayla OZCAN: Chronic bronchitis and pain in the lower back. >Hulya GULCAN: Had an operation for a groin hernia. High bilirubin count in >the liver. Gilbert's disease diagnosed. Frequently suffers from anaemia. An >area of the skull close to the brain has become calcified. It has been said >that a blow to the head could do dangerous damage to the brain membrane. >Sefinur TEZGEL: Besides chronic bronchitis, there is calcification of the >neck and back and varicosity. >Suna OKMEN: Asthma, the beginnings of hernia, rheumatism, stomach ulcer, >dysfunctional gall bladder. >Birsen KARS: Dislocation of hip since childhood, as a result of which one >leg is two centimetres shorter. Bronchitis and low blood pressure. >Seyhan DOGAN: Arthritis, chronic bronchitis, lower back pain and dental >problems. >Gulizar KESICI: Stomach problems. Allergic to all vitamins and some >medicines. >Nilufer ALCAN: Chronic bronchitis, numbness in the right leg and sometimes >total loss of feeling. Diagnosed as namaz syndrome. Dental problems. >Treatment has begun. >Filiz GENCER: Has suffered from tuberculosis. Mediterranean anaemia. Also >allergic to some vitamins and medication. >Gamze BAYRAM: Gastritis. Numbness in the right arm resulting from muscle and >nerve damage. Advanced impairment of vision and eyes off-centre. >Gulseren GUDER: Has suffered from tuberculosis. Chronic bronchitis, >pharyngeitis, stomach problems, is receiving medical treatment. >Mesude PEHLIVAN: Suffered from severe depression in 1995. Received long-term >treatment in Bakirkoy. Moreover suffering from anaemia, calcification in the >neck, continual feeling of illness and tiredness. >Munire DEMIREL: Acute bronchitis, weakening of the back muscles, pain and >sciatica. >Nursel DEMIRDOGUCU: Migraine, hernia, stomach displaced, ulcer, neck >straightened, inflammation of jaw. Transported to Capa Hospital (Istanbul) >because of dental problems. Capa is not accepting prisoners because the >administration is refusing to pay for them. For this reason no treatment was >given. Also, was sent to Bakirkoy for migraine. Treatment was only partly >carried out because on various pretexts soldiers did not take her to >hospital, three or four months earlier suffered from mild stomach blooding. >Allergic to multi-vitamins. >Songul INCE: Has an extra bone in her neck and a slipped disc. Because of >this her skeletal structure is damaged. Abdomen is off-centre and has the >beginnings of hernia. Left leg has been short since birth. Suffered from >Hepatitis-B. Taking medication for abdomen and neck problems. For the >abdominal problem, the use of a steel corset is necessary, but it has not >been provided because the administration will not pay for it. Also there was >a transport to Capa so an MR could be taken but she did not go because >soldiers prevented it. >Gulperi OZEN: Abdomen off-centre and hernia. Five joints in the lower back >have merged together. Medication is being taken to treat this and exercises >are being performed. >Aydan ODABAS: Goitre. Went to Capa for the latest check-up. 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