Mehmet Erturk, after being released from a Syrian prison following 20 years of torture, returns home to Turkey unable to eat due to missing teeth from beatings suffered while incarcerated. Despite enduring brutal conditions in a notorious Damascus prison, he expresses gratitude to President Erdogan for his release and reunification with his family, while remembering the suffering of fellow inmates, including a friend who perished in prison. Erturk’s harrowing account sheds light on the horrors faced by thousands in Syria’s brutal prison system.
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