The prison in which Imamoglu is: « There they erase the identity »
The official accusation claims that Imamoglu is the head of a criminal organization, enriched with public funds – that is, something like a mafia boss who also resorted to blackmail. Another accusation against him was to support a terrorist organization, which the court in the meantime rejected. But his true « crime » is his popularity: Imamoglu is able to defeat President Erdogan in the next election, the newspaper said.
In isolation
« Silivri cannot be compared to a Russian criminal colony in which prisoners are tortured and killed, it is not a high -tech prison like the one in El Salvador, where prisoners can be observed as wildlife in a zoo. This prison is discreet and effective as a luggage cage at a railway station. »
The prisoners’ attorneys and relatives pass through armed security at the entrance provided by the paramilitary gendarmerie. This is followed by a prolonged and thorough check, including search, passing through metal detectors and scanning the iris of the eyes.
« Wiped out of life »
In prison, the 70-year-old Altan then wrote the book « I will never see the world again », in which he talks about the experience in prison: « In the monotonous reflection of light, everyone had put on his face the wax mask of death. They took my shoes, the watch, the ID and the cord of my pants. By pushing us to the unprecedented depths – just as it cuts the rot or the worm of the fetus. «
The harassment of the prisoners is sometimes submissive, the NCC writes. Altan, for example, describes how the identity of the detainees is gradually deprived, because there are no mirrors in prison. The prisoners just lose their faces, they are « wiped out of life ». Ahmet Altan was still released in 2021 after the Court of Appeal overturned his sentence, the Swiss edition recalls.
Silivri means fear
In Silivri, Turkey does not commit brutal crimes against prisoners, but when she decides to hold someone, he remains there without being entitled to spare, the NCC notes. That’s why the prison has a fearsome glory.
Imamoglu has not yet been condemned, but has been thrown behind the walls of Silivri. His party members meet with him every day, last Friday he was also visited by a delegation of European politicians, including Deputy Chairman of the European Parliament, Katarina Barley.
