Fifty-year-old Osman Şiban, a father of eight children, is one of two people in Van, Turkey, who were picked up by soldiers on their land and allegedly detained, tortured, and thrown from a helicopter. Şiban, who has just come out of intensive care, suffers from memory loss due to the torture he was subjected to.
Fifty-five-year-old Servet Turgut, a father of seven children, was working on his land when he was taken into detention by soldiers who were engaged in an operation in the Çatak district of Van. He remains in the intensive care unit of the Van Regional Training and Research Hospital, and his life is still at risk.
