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SEXUAL CRIME AGAINST MINORS IN SIIRT, TURKEY
Heartbreaking and discouraging stories from modern Turkey, a secular partner of the Western world and a candiate awaiting permit for accession to EU.. To be even worse, the official response against the disgusting incident and legal action taken so far are equally disappointing..
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Siirt province in Southeast Turkey has drawn the country's attention for sexual crimes against minors. The media coverage exposing alleged abuse of teenage girls has brought to light a story from last year about eight children at one boarding school allegedly committing rape. The government responds, saying the media is wrong to report such an old story.
DISGUSTING ASSAULT AGAINST TODDLERS
Blood-chilling allegations against eight children raping two toddlers at a boarding school in Siirt have shocked the country just a week after accusations of broad sexual abuse of teenage girls in the same province came to light.
Last week’s media coverage of school abuse in the province helped reveal the alleged rape at a boarding school in the Southeast Anatolian province’s Pervari district one year ago.
Eight male students ranging in age from 11 and 14 were alleged to have carried out the sexual attacks last year against a 2-year-old boy and a 3-year-old girl.
The boarding school in Pervari is part of the Regional Boarding Schools, or YİBO, network and is designed for children with insufficient economic means.
The students allegedly attempted to kill both toddlers; while the girl succumbed to her injuries, the boy survived with severe injuries.
The eight students allegedly gained access to the toddlers by threatening their cousin who was also a student at the boarding school.
Siirt Gov. Necati Şentürk said Monday that the alleged perpetrators were in their houses with their families but were not under arrest.
BLACKMAIL AGAINST GIRL
In her testimony, the 14-year-old female cousin of the toddlers said that while the class was planting trees, two of the alleged perpetrators approached her, demanding to take her picture. When she refused, the boys allegedly pushed her to the ground, pulled off her sweatpants and took her picture while the other one restrained her. The boys then allegedly use the photographs to blackmail the girl, asking her to bring her young cousins to them.
Meanwhile, the father of the small child informed police that his son was missing on April 15, 2009, resulting in a police search.
The boys went to the place where they had left the child and, upon seeing that he was still alive, brought him to the town center purporting to have found him.
ALL SUSPECTS RELEASED.. JUSTICE IN PLACE?
Gov. Şentürk, informing the press about the incident, said police had detained nine suspects after the event, three of whom were arrested, with the rest being placed in state care and sent to a state orphanage.
Şentürk said the local court did not yet have the results of the forensic report. According to Doğan news agency, however, the forensic report showed the suspects were aware of the results of their behavior. The investigation against the alleged perpetrators, meanwhile, is still ongoing, private news channel NTV reported Monday.
EXPERTS' OPINION
Lawyer Türkay Asma, the second president of the Association for the Prevention of Child Neglect and Abuse, told the Hürriyet Daily News & Economic Review that the Forensic Medicine Institute is required to prepare a report on the psychiatric status of the children to determine whether they are aware of the act they committed. At the same time, she said it was crucial that a child psychiatrist be present during the suspects’ examination.
Professor Dr. Burhanettin Kaya, general secretariat for the Psychiatric Association of Turkey, also said it was highly important that the minors be subject to a decent psychiatric examination at the Forensic Medicine Institute. “Even if children between the ages of 11 and 15 are aware they are carrying out an act of a sexual nature, they still may not evaluate it as a crime,” Kaya said. Considering the probability of the children being sent to prison after trial, Kaya said he agreed with Asma, adding that the very concept of prison should be questioned because jail time might actually “reinforce the crime rather than rehabilitate” the children because minors can be subjected to violent acts while imprisoned.
According to data from the Psychiatric Association of Turkey, research made among 16,000 children in Turkey revealed the rate of subjection to abuse was 33 percent.
The research showed that factors such as poverty, unemployment, a lack of social support, domestic turmoil and violence or too many children in one family increased the possibility of minors being subjected to abuse.
A committee from the main opposition Republican People's Party, or CHP went to Siirt for both incidents.
NEW DETENTIONS
Meanwhile, three more people were taken into custody in the ongoing investigation into the alleged rape of seven girls in Siirt by dozens of people over two years, adding to the 15 people who are already under custody with the same allegations.
SOURCE: ISTANBUL Daily news with wires
Monday, April 26, 2010
http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/n.php?n=a-new-rape-allegation-from-siirt-shakes-country-2010-04-26
DISGUSTING ASSAULT AGAINST TODDLERS
Blood-chilling allegations against eight children raping two toddlers at a boarding school in Siirt have shocked the country just a week after accusations of broad sexual abuse of teenage girls in the same province came to light.
Last week’s media coverage of school abuse in the province helped reveal the alleged rape at a boarding school in the Southeast Anatolian province’s Pervari district one year ago.
Eight male students ranging in age from 11 and 14 were alleged to have carried out the sexual attacks last year against a 2-year-old boy and a 3-year-old girl.
The boarding school in Pervari is part of the Regional Boarding Schools, or YİBO, network and is designed for children with insufficient economic means.
The students allegedly attempted to kill both toddlers; while the girl succumbed to her injuries, the boy survived with severe injuries.
The eight students allegedly gained access to the toddlers by threatening their cousin who was also a student at the boarding school.
Siirt Gov. Necati Şentürk said Monday that the alleged perpetrators were in their houses with their families but were not under arrest.
GOVERNMENT RESPONSE TO THE EMBARRASSING EVENT...
PRIME MINISTER ERDOGAN and Education Minister Nimet Çubukçu accused the media Monday of sensationalism, saying it isn’t necessary for the press to focus on a story that occurred a year ago.
Criticizing the media’s coverage of the story, they said the press should have run it only if the authorities had neglected to take action, which was not the case.
She also said she could see no use in reporting on the story a year afterward given that the rehabilitation of some of the alleged perpetrators was already complete.
PRIME MINISTER ERDOGAN and Education Minister Nimet Çubukçu accused the media Monday of sensationalism, saying it isn’t necessary for the press to focus on a story that occurred a year ago.
Criticizing the media’s coverage of the story, they said the press should have run it only if the authorities had neglected to take action, which was not the case.
She also said she could see no use in reporting on the story a year afterward given that the rehabilitation of some of the alleged perpetrators was already complete.
BLACKMAIL AGAINST GIRL
In her testimony, the 14-year-old female cousin of the toddlers said that while the class was planting trees, two of the alleged perpetrators approached her, demanding to take her picture. When she refused, the boys allegedly pushed her to the ground, pulled off her sweatpants and took her picture while the other one restrained her. The boys then allegedly use the photographs to blackmail the girl, asking her to bring her young cousins to them.
The girl said she was afraid because of the photographs and first brought her 2-year-old cousin to the boys, who allegedly raped him next to the Serkani River before trying to drown him in the river. The boys left, assuming the toddler was dead.
Meanwhile, the father of the small child informed police that his son was missing on April 15, 2009, resulting in a police search.
The boys went to the place where they had left the child and, upon seeing that he was still alive, brought him to the town center purporting to have found him.
Later, the same group allegedly demanded that their classmate bring a small girl and the student brought her 3-year-old cousin, who was allegedly raped and murdered by the students.
ALL SUSPECTS RELEASED.. JUSTICE IN PLACE?
Gov. Şentürk, informing the press about the incident, said police had detained nine suspects after the event, three of whom were arrested, with the rest being placed in state care and sent to a state orphanage.
The students stayed there until Nov. 23, 2009, before being returned to their families. The three arrested children, meanwhile, were released pending trial on March 22, 2010, the governor said.
Şentürk said the local court did not yet have the results of the forensic report. According to Doğan news agency, however, the forensic report showed the suspects were aware of the results of their behavior. The investigation against the alleged perpetrators, meanwhile, is still ongoing, private news channel NTV reported Monday.
EXPERTS' OPINION
Lawyer Türkay Asma, the second president of the Association for the Prevention of Child Neglect and Abuse, told the Hürriyet Daily News & Economic Review that the Forensic Medicine Institute is required to prepare a report on the psychiatric status of the children to determine whether they are aware of the act they committed. At the same time, she said it was crucial that a child psychiatrist be present during the suspects’ examination.
Professor Dr. Burhanettin Kaya, general secretariat for the Psychiatric Association of Turkey, also said it was highly important that the minors be subject to a decent psychiatric examination at the Forensic Medicine Institute. “Even if children between the ages of 11 and 15 are aware they are carrying out an act of a sexual nature, they still may not evaluate it as a crime,” Kaya said. Considering the probability of the children being sent to prison after trial, Kaya said he agreed with Asma, adding that the very concept of prison should be questioned because jail time might actually “reinforce the crime rather than rehabilitate” the children because minors can be subjected to violent acts while imprisoned.
According to data from the Psychiatric Association of Turkey, research made among 16,000 children in Turkey revealed the rate of subjection to abuse was 33 percent.
The research showed that factors such as poverty, unemployment, a lack of social support, domestic turmoil and violence or too many children in one family increased the possibility of minors being subjected to abuse.
A committee from the main opposition Republican People's Party, or CHP went to Siirt for both incidents.
NEW DETENTIONS
Meanwhile, three more people were taken into custody in the ongoing investigation into the alleged rape of seven girls in Siirt by dozens of people over two years, adding to the 15 people who are already under custody with the same allegations.
The girls were also students at a YİBO and were allegedly raped
by the deputy principle of the school, among others.
by the deputy principle of the school, among others.
SOURCE: ISTANBUL Daily news with wires
Monday, April 26, 2010
http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/n.php?n=a-new-rape-allegation-from-siirt-shakes-country-2010-04-26
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