VAN - T.E living in Van was first taken into custody on charges of "supplying medical supplies to the organization" because of the 120 baby food he received with a prescription for his niece, and the investigation against him was closed before turning into a lawsuit. T.E. 4 years later he learned that he was dismissed from the civil service with a law decree for the same reason. It turned out that T.E was accused of 'aiding and abetting an illegal organization knowingly and willingly.'

 

T.E was acquitted of the charge because there was a prescription for the baby food and there were nothing else in the car that could be evidence to any crime, however T.E was dismissed from public duty with a law decree 5 years later on the same charge. T.E requested information from the State of Emergency Commission, the police and the intelligence on why he was dismissed. The police Department sending information to the commission said the baby food was considered 'medical aid to the terror organization'. Lawyers then objected to his dismissal.

 

Evaluating the incident as tragicomic, T.E said: "I never thought something like that could happen to me. No one would think that they can be taken into custody for buying baby food. It was a supplementary baby food. WHen we were taken into custody we tried to prove that there are baby food in the boxes for ours. A police officer even told that his baby also used the same baby food. But they didn't release us. They kept asking us why we were taking the baby food to the 'organization'. We insistantly told them the usage of the baby food and who eats it. What's even funnier is that the baby food is still haunting me after all these years. After I was dismissed by the State of EMergency Commission, I learned with amazement and astonishment that the situation that caused my dismissal was baby food as well. They interpreted the baby food as medical supplies and decided that I was taking them to the 'organization'. Even more funnier is that they have given me back the baby food when I was released from custody."

 

Turan Ece, the lawyer of T.E, who objected to the decision, evaluated the events, said: "We made our objection. My client wasn't reinstated to his duty. Those who have signitures on that document are committing a crime making up a crime. We are waiting for the decision of Administrative Court.

 

MA/ Adnan Bilen