A total of 77 civilians had been detained by special operations teams after remaining defenseless with the withdrawal of Civilian Defense Units (YPS) from neighborhoods late May. After the evacuation, almost all of these civilians were subject to heavy torture at the hands of state forces.

It came out that H. Algan, jailed in Diyarbakır D Type Closed Prison, who had lost one eye as a result of torture before, has lost his other eye too.

Ministry of Justice launched an investigation against the child's mother, Ziynet Algan, after she spoke to press about what her son has been through. Mother Algan refuted the Ministry's statement that her son was being treated in hospital, saying that her son was not only denied treatment but he also lost the other eye of his.