Turkish authorities transfer Syrian detainees to Turkish prisons
AFRIN, Syria (North Press) – Turkish authorities transferred on Monday 11 Syrian detainees from northwestern Syria to Turkish prisons. They were charged with collaborating with the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK).
On Nov. 1, Turkish intelligence transferred nine Syrian detainees to a prison in Turkey. Such transfers, which are facilitated by factions of the Turkish-backed Syrian National Army (SNA), have been on the rise recently, raising speculations about the detainees’ fate.
A source from al-Hamam border crossing in the countryside of Afrin, northwestern Syria, told North Press, “The SNA’s Military Police transferred 11 detainees from Afrin Prison to al-Hamam border crossing in north of the town of Jindires. They were then handed over to Turkish intelligence which, in turn, transferred them to one of its prisons within Turkish territory.”
He added that the detainees had been arrested a month ago while attempting to cross the Turkish border with the aim of migrating to European countries. They had been transferred to Afrin Prison and charged with collaborating with the PKK.
The source said that among the detainees are Haya al-Naboud, 18, and her sister Ula al-Naboud, 20, along with Nazli Darwish, 26, Ali al-Naboud, Younis al-Tawi, Shadi Darwish, Jihad Ezzedine al-Muhammad, and Tariq al-Hashu.