Turkish → English transcript

Unfortunately, it is very painful to say this,

they stripped us naked and videotaped us.

It is nothing compared to what our Palestinian brothers and sisters went through.

But I want to say this.

I mean, the intervention they made against us,

who were only carrying humanitarian aid, is what I want to talk about.

So that you can understand what kind of people they are.

When we landed at Ashdod Port,

we really realized we were at Ashdod Port. They already said," Welcome to Israel."

And we said," No, welcome to Palestine."

But when we actually landed at Ashdod Port,

we understood what the real intervention was.

They handcuffed us immediately anyway. Some friends, mostly handcuffed from behind.

On our knees, with our heads down, our legs, of course, went numb after a while.

We waited like that. Of course, those whose

handcuffs were too tight asked them to please loosen them a bit.

Well, some didn't hear them. We tried to make our voices heard.

They tightened their grip even more.

00: 00: 56.000--> 01: 01,500 When they started screaming, we said," Stop torturing."

Meaning," Stop torturing," and when we said that,

01: 01: 01.500--> 01: 07,000 they started beating those who said it even more.

One by one, from where I was, right next to me, they would take someone,

01: 07: 07.000--> 01: 11,000 torture them, and bring them back. So, I was like,"

When will it

be my turn?" 01: 11: 11.000--> 01: 17,000 you are in that mindset at that moment.

In the group that came after us,

there was a friend who didn't want to take off her hijab, 01: 17:

17.000--> 01: 21,000 when she said," Give me back my hijab," they got very angry.

01: 21: 21.000--> 01: 27,000 This time, a much harsher intervention began.

With dogs, constantly slamming the prison doors, 01: 27: 27.000--> 01:

30,500 I mean, that... The night went on like that, almost until morning.

01: 30: 30.500--> 01:

35,000 They stripped some of our friends stark naked,

unfortunately, it is very painful to say this, 01:

35: 35.000--> 01: 39,000 stripped them stark naked and filmed them.

01: 39: 39.000--> 01: 44,000 We had friends who said there were male police

officers where they stripped.

01: 44: 44.000--> 01: 48,000 Just as some of our friends were boarding the plane,

those who made the" Free Palestine" sign with their hand like this,

they beat them too. 01: 48: 48.000--> 01: 51,000 In fact,

one of our friends boarded the plane with a bloody nose.

01: 51: 01.000--> 01: 54,000 I mean, even at the very last moment,

at the last moment, I mean, even right by our plane, they continued their torture.