Seven people were stripped naked with their hands tied on their back before they were detained as part of an operation into the armed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), in Turkey’s southern province of Muğla on Monday.
The gendarmerie and police conducted an operation in the area where a group of people considered to be PKK members were detected, and surrounded four of the suspects alongside three others who were thought to be involved in their transportation.
Seven people were forced to the ground were stripped naked preceding a search for explosive and weapons.
The seven suspects were handed over to police forces involved in the operation, and taken to the Anti-terror Branch of the Muğla Provincial Security Directorate.
No statements have been made as to whether any weapons were found on the detained suspects. The car used by the suspects was taken by the police for a detailed investigation.
Naked body cavity searches or detentions are unlawful and deemed torture by both the Turkish Constitution and international conventions such as the European Convention on Human Rights, and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
