Zehra Bilge Çetin and Özer Çetin, two Turkish citizens and the parents of a 4-year-old autistic child, has been detained by police in İstanbul’s Ümraniye district over alleged links to Turkey’s Gülen group, which is accused by the Turkish government of masterminding a coup attempt in July 2016.
According to a Twitter account, the parents are still in custody.
Turkey survived a military coup attempt on July 15, 2016 that killed 249 people. Following the putsch, the Justice and Development Party (AKP) government along with President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan pinned the blame on the Gülen group, initiating a widespread purge aimed at cleansing members of the movement from within state institutions, dehumanizing its popular figures and putting them in custody.
There are more than 17,000 women and over 500 kids in Turkish prisons.
In several cases, women were detained in the hospital immediately after the delivery of her baby and before they had a chance to recover. Many women were jailed as they were visiting their imprisoned husbands, leaving the children stranded in the ensuing chaos.
Anne baba gözaltında,otizmli cocuk cok zor durumda..!
SERBEST BIRAKIN.!
KHKlı Zehra Bilge Çetin
Baba Özer Çetin
Çocuk Yusuf Halis Çetin
Epilepsi ve otizm var
Rutin kullanacağı ilaçları var
2 yaş beri otizmli
Tek bir kelimesi dahi yok, konuşamıyor
Tek başına yemek yiyemiyor pic.twitter.com/lnMulUycKH— Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu (@gergerliogluof) August 27, 2019
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Yusuf halis (4)
Anne Zehra Bilge Çetin ve Baba Özer Çetin şuan Ümraniye Emniyeti'nde gözaltında.
Sn @cihangirislam Yusuf Halis otizmli ve epilepsi hastası konuşamıyor, tek başına kendi yemeğini yiyemiyor.
ANNESİNE İHTİYACI VAR! Zehra hanım Tutuksuz Yargılanmalı. pic.twitter.com/ZK3SkeWioV— Tutsak Bebekler (@TutsakBebekler) August 27, 2019
Anne Zehara Çetin ihraç bir öğretmen. Bakıma muhtaç Yusuf Halis 4 yaşında. Otizimli ve epilepsi hastası bir çocuk . Özel bakıma ihtiyacı var.
Sn @MTanal Anne Zehra hanım dün geceden beri gözaltında. Yusuf Halis'in annesine ihtiyacı var. Tutuksuz Yargılanmalı. pic.twitter.com/c5ZGNDm3Tj
— Tutsak Bebekler (@TutsakBebekler) August 27, 2019