Diyarbakir No. 5

"People living in these conditions could no longer think about the outside world, their relatives, and the beauties of life. Even release, which was a way of salvation for the detained person, did not even come to mind. All people expected was a bite of bread, a glass of water, and the evening before they died. Even with the person we slept in the same bunk bed with, sometimes We couldn't talk about anything for days. It would take days to get a needle from someone, if there was one. We had to cut our nails with blunt razors for a year and a half. Even though we didn't have time to think. "We longed for a good sleep until the middle of 1984, due to the heavy torture and fatigue we suffered during the day, because of hunger, and the frequent beatings and beatings during night shifts."

The torture and cruelty apparatus established in Diyarbakır Military Prison after the military coup of September 1980 is one of the dark spots in Turkey's recent history. A huge black mark that deserves to be included in the list of major crimes against humanity of the 20th century... Many political analysts believe that the "last Kurdish rebellion", which started in the 1980s, took its momentum from what happened here. Testimonies conveyed in documentary studies conducted in recent years reveal the facts about Diyarbakır Military Prison. Bayram Bozyel's book, in which he calmly describes his terrible experience, is one of the most detailed and powerful testimonies written on this subject.

"Bayram Bozyel's Diyarbakır No. 5 book is almost like a novel of brutality... A novel full of scenes reminiscent of Nazi camps... If even one thousandth of what is written is true, it will require not only the prosecution of those responsible for the period, but also everyone who has been insensitive to the issue for so many years to bow their heads in shame." a novel..."
Can Dündar, Milliyet