Name: 'They tortured us a lot': Turkish inmate recalls hell of prison in Syria / 36QD96X
Uploaded: 2024-12-16T06:00:27.563754Z
Channel: AFP
Description: Mehmet Erturk, a Turkish man living in a town bordering Syria, was arrested by the Syrian police 20 years ago for smuggling charges. When the rebels freed the prison he was jailed in Damascus, Erturk finally made it back to his hometown in Turkey. "My family thought I was dead," says the 53-year-old, whose face and manner of walking makes him look 20 years older. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES

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Mehmet Erturk, a Turkish man living in a town bordering Syria, was arrested by the Syrian police 20 years ago for smuggling charges. When the rebels freed the prison he was jailed in Damascus, Erturk finally made it back to his hometown in Turkey. "My family thought I was dead," says the 53-year-old, whose face and manner of walking makes him look 20 years older. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES

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Turkey Syria Damascus Endless Recep Tayyip Erdogan Mehmet Erturk Hatice Erturk Aleppo #NML46 : 'Endless torture': freed Turkish inmate recalls hell of Syria jails

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