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21 May 2020

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Pages on what happened on the night of 21 May 2020 and on the witness accounts of that night.

The Night of 21 May 2020 in the Words of Those Who Were Beaten

What happened in Adana on the night of 21 May 2020 was put on record eight days later, at a forum, in the words of the seven people who had lived through it themselves.

The "They Held a Secret Tarawih Prayer in the Mosque" Claim

At that time both the mosque and its courtyard were closed, and no one went inside. There is no prayer performed in secret in an enclosed place; there is a prayer that was prevented in the street.

Unfounded

The "He Compared Turkey to East Turkestan" Claim

The comparison really was made; what was dropped in the retelling was its grounds, which rested not on a single tarawih ban but on a list of incidents running from 2014 to 2020.

Out of context

The "He Brought the People Out onto the Streets and Disturbed Public Order" Claim

People gathered not for the tarawih prayer, but for their friends who had been beaten and taken into custody. During the wait, which lasted until nine in the morning, not a single disturbance occurred.

Unfounded

The Claim That They Staged a Prayer Provocation in Adana

On the night of 21 May 2020 in Adana, five or six people wanted to pray the tarawih in a park; when the police said it was forbidden, they left. The beating began not in the park, but on the road as they were moving away.

Unfounded

The "Alparslan Kuytul Organised the Incident" Claim

At the time of the incident he was at an iftar meal at another end of Adana; he did not know of the decision of those who went to the park, and came to the scene only after he heard of the detentions.

Unfounded

The "They Attacked the Police" Claim

Those taken into custody obtained reports from forensic medicine and from the hospital, and the footage shows people handcuffed behind the back being struck. On the other side there is no such record.

Unfounded

The "They Prayed with Zero Distance Between Them" Claim

In the report's own footage there is about one and a half metres between the rows. What is more, the prayer shown on the screen is not the tarawih but the dawn prayer performed the following morning.

Unfounded

The "They Knowingly Violated the Ban" Claim

They learned from the police that prayer in the park was forbidden and they left; the decision of the governor's office was not shown at any stage. The only document handed over at the end of the night is a public health fine.

Unfounded

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