Human bones have been found under a former torture centre of the military police intelligence agency JITEM in Amed. Due to the attention of the construction workers, a cover-up of the remains was prevented.
Human remains were found during "restoration work" at the former Saraykapı prison in Sur district of Amed (Diyarbakır). The historical site was used as an interrogation, torture and execution site by the Turkish military intelligence agency JITEM in the 1990s. The company YSO Inşaat A.Ş. tried to declare the bone finds in the Cevatpaşa district of Sur as "animal bones" and dispose of them in the rubbish. But later, complete human skeletons were found. The bones in question were loaded onto an excavator and taken away. It is not known where the bones were taken.
"New bones kept appearing"
Ahmet Kayar, one of the workers involved in the excavation, told the Mezopotamya news agency (MA) about what had happened. Kayar explained that bones had been found at the site again and again since February: "New bones kept appearing. They wanted us to throw them in the rubbish. Our conscience wouldn't allow it. We refused. Then, when they said that those were animal bones, we started putting them in the rubbish. They told us, 'If any archaeological structures or bodies turn up here, our work will be delayed.' Later we came across two complete skeletons." Kayar said they showed the skeletons to archaeologists. "The archaeologists explained that they were two men. More bones were found under the skeletons. Ashes were also discovered. When we asked who these bones could belong to, we were not given an answer."
