Police raided a house in Amed's Peyas (Kayapınar) district and detained 17-year-old B. Çelik and questioned a 5-year-old boy.

Police raided the house of B. Çelik, who lives with his family in the Diclekent District, at midnight. It was stated that Çelik was put in a room, heavily harassed and threatened. Çelik was detained for allegedly drawing graffiti and was taken to the Juvenile Police Station.

'They beat my son and husband'

The boy’s mother, Necla Çelik, told the Mesopotamia Agency that the police raided the house at night. “They locked my son up in the living room and us in the kitchen. We heard him shouting because they hit him. His father wanted to protect him, but they beat him too. They entered in their muddy shoes. Our house was destroyed. They collected all the books and said they were forbidden. However, I said they are not prohibited and they wrote down the names of all the books including Hinker (grammar) in Kurdish."

Death threats

Celik also said: “They constantly threatened my son, saying 'you will see what happens at the police station' and 'you will be the victim of a bullet'. They asked my 5-year-old son, 'Do you have a gun in your house? Do you love us?’. The policeman was showing the gun to him. Another policeman was saying, 'You made me get up from the beer table, you ruined my evening'. Enough is enough, we do not accept this torture."