Mustafa Bor, who was subjected to serious police violence as evidenced by a forensic medical report during recent police raids in Turkey’s Kurdish-majority southeastern province of Hakkari (Colemêrg), told Mezopotamya Agency on Friday that he had been living in constant fear due to months of threats from the police.
On 29 May, Bor was arrested, along with six others, as part of a counter-terrorism operation. Bor was later released with visible physical evidence of police violence, including skull fractures and numerous wounds and bruises.
He alleged that Turkish police officers had been unlawfully raiding his home without a warrant for approximately six years, pressuring him to become an informant in exchange for money. When Bor refused their coercive offers, he said the officers resorted to intimidation tactics, persistently surveilling his residence for about a month to monitor his daily routines.
Emphasising the systematic nature of these home invasions, Bor stated that he had been threatened and detained on numerous occasions. He expressed genuine concerns for his life, urging human rights defenders, legal experts, and politicians to address the grave situation.
Bor further revealed that the two masked special operations police officers responsible for his assault did not communicate in Turkish or Kurdish, the commonly spoken languages in the region. “They were speaking in an unfamiliar language,” Bor recounted. “They behaved like a gang, and I find it hard to believe they were actual police officers. What was done to me could only be done by gangs.”
