For the first thread with the confession of the same cop from Cizre battle:https://twitter.com/GforGilgo/status/1082354669668786177 …
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“If there was casualty from our side recently, beating up civilian people was like a religious duty. “ Confessions of a Turkish cop who fought against Kurdish resistance during urban battles of 2015-17. Part 2: Deliberate war crimes. THREAD. Link:https://medyabold.com/2019/01/08/bir-ozel-harekatcinin-hendek-operasyonlari-anilari-2/ …
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“During curfew, if by any chance the civilians remained in their houses in a street we were ordered to enter, I witnessed so many times, that these people were beaten brutally.”
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“Especially in Nusaybin. The beaten people were trying to explain but it wouldn’t help. If there was a casualty from our side recently, beating up the people was like a religious duty. I witnessed at least 20 times.”
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“One of those days we were sitting in an armoured vehicle. There were no intense clashes. One of our friends needed to use bathroom as we were inside the vehicle for 10 hours. We parked near the mosque.”
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“He got off, shortly after we heard a gunfire. He got back on the vehicle then we moved. He said ‘there were 2-3 children’. There was curfew. He had fired upon them when he heard a noise. ‘I saw them running’ he said, we don’t know what happened to them.”
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“Inside the armoured vehicle there are guns controlled by remote. A friend sitting in the vehicle started filming. He said ‘check it out now’, pulled the trigger and blew off a house’s air conditioning. A white smoke came out of the engine of A/C. He guggled.”
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"I asked what was funny about that. ‘Poor people, an A/C is 3000 liras. What pleasure did you take from it? He said, if they didnt pay for A/C, that money would've gone to PKK. I had a big argument with him. This was a small incident, there were ones in which lives were lost.”
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“They [Turkish security forces] would dig into bedrooms of empty houses, take photos. Apart from lives, a lot of property was damaged. For example water tanks were being shot on purpose. In 40 C temperature this is what people need most. There were houses blown up for no reason.”pic.twitter.com/LpxsAdL0Sa
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“Those who wrote Esadullah forces on the walls suddenly started mushrooming. The Salafist mentality, which waged jihad for Allah against its own people, appeared out of thin air.” Photo: Graffiti by Turkish forces "Our blood is in al-Aqsa, victory belongs to Islam"pic.twitter.com/7C5LeQ1VCG
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“When I started in 2008, I swear [Salafist] groups didnt exist. They were writing ugly graffitis on the walls, taking pics w/ women underwears in bedrooms. What kind of war is this, which religion’s, I dont know. What was done wasn't within ethical, religious or judicial norms.”
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“Those were the times when the President [Erdogan] said ‘if they want caviar, send them caviar’. In Nusaybin we were putting wafers inside bread for food. God is my witness. The process was being dragged on purpose.”
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“There was a Yezidi refugee camp nearby. We had only fences between us. We were all special forces. To one of our Arabic speaking friends a Yezidi asked ‘which country do you come from’. They thought we were refugees from the way we looked.”
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“The operations had no military or judicial ground. They were entirely political operations.” [End of the 2nd thread]
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Talking of Nusaybin, never forget that Turkish forces razed a Kurdish town to the ground then proudly posed with Turkish flag in its rubble.pic.twitter.com/5WRXo0bCCo
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