Fikret Erden, a prisoner in Kırıkkale Type F High Security Prison, was allegedly not given winter clothes for 2 years. Erden, who was arrested after being wounded in a clash, has not been treated for 5 years despite the shrapnel fragments in his body. Erden's mother Sıdıka Erden, whose health problems continue due to the lack of treatment, stated that the shrapnel fragments in her son's body negatively affected his health and that her son was having difficulties. 

 

Sıdıka Erden said that her son's left arm was crippled and he could not move his right arm easily. "An armoured vehicle ran over him during the clas and broke all his bones. Since the day he was arrested, he has not been treated properly. The fragments of the bomb that exploded there remained in his body. The doctor said that these fragments were close to his heart. That is why he has a lot of difficulty. The last time they took him to the hospital, they told him that he had fragments in his body. They have been telling him for 5 years. Because of this, he has fainting spells all the time. They deliberately did not tell him that he had body parts until today. No one does this torture and violence," said mother Sıdıka Erden.

 

Stating that the winter clothes she sent to her son for 2 years were not given to him, Sıdıka Erden said, "The last time I went to see him, my son said, 'They still haven't given me my winter clothes. They give him summer clothes in winter and winter clothes in summer. Winter is hard in his prison, there is snow everywhere. Every time they threaten them, 'If you don't stop, we will throw you in the cell'. I sent a scarf and they sent it back. And the reason they gave was, 'The colour is white, we don't give it. They don't give us white, they don't give us black, they don't give us brown. Whichever colour we send, they give a reason and do not give it. They torture our children. They are already between four walls. The last time I sent another pair of shoes, they refused to give it to me, saying, 'They can't give it to me because its colour is yellow'."

 

Pointing out that medicines are also given incompletely in prison, Sıdıka Erden said, "When they take them to the hospital, they always give them incomplete medicines prescribed by the doctor. If the doctor prescribes 2 boxes of medicine, they give one box."

 

Sıdıka Erden called for an end to this practice as soon as possible and appealed to human rights and legal organisations for sensitivity.

 

MA / Zeynep Durgut