MÊRDÎN - The police raided many houses in Mêrdîn in the morning. While many people were detained, the Kalkan family, including a pregnant woman, were beaten.

 

Simultaneous raids were carried out on many addresses in the Artuklu and Qoser (Kızıltepe) districts of Mêrdîn in the morning. Among them, Serhat Akpınar and Baver Akpınar brothers, Ramazan Kalkan, Çekdar Ermiş, Rubar Kaya and many young people whose names were not known were taken into custody. While the detained young people were taken to the hospital with handcuffs behind their backs, family members were beaten in the house of the Kalkan family, which was raided.

 

PREGNANT WOMAN WAS BEATEN

 

Ramazan Kalkan, his father Davut Kalkan, his brother Agit and Emine Kalkan, who were detained during the raid on the Kalkan family's house in Saraçoğlu District of Artuklu district, were beaten. Fractures, bruises and tears occurred in various parts of the bodies of the family members who were beaten. While blood stains drew attention on the carpets in the house due to the assault, it was learned that Emine Kalkan is pregnant. Family members went to Mardin Training and Research Hospital and received a report of assault to file a criminal complaint.

 

THEY WILL FILE A CRIMINAL COMPLAINT 

 

 

Giving information about what happened, Davut Kalkan said that he and his children were forced to lie down on the ground and that the police choked them on the ground. Stating that they did not accept the treatment, Kalkan said: “If there is a search warrant, we do not say anything, let them carry out the search. But I do not accept their brutal behavior. I do not accept being laid on the ground. I do not give them this right. They forced us to lie on the ground and broke one of my son's nose. Even though I said my throat hurt, they squeezed my throat. But I do not accept being forced to the ground during a raid like this. I won't lower my head. I will also file the necessary criminal complaint against them."