cta-image

Donate

Donations from readers like you allow us to do what we do. Please help us continue our work with a monthly or one-time donation.

Donate Today
cta-image

Subscribe Today

Subscribe to receive daily or weekly MEMRI emails on the topics that most interest you.
Subscribe
cta-image

Request a Clip

Media, government, and academia can request a MEMRI clip or other MEMRI research, or ask to consult with or interview a MEMRI expert.
Request Clip
memri
Apr 23, 2017
Share Video:

Warning: EXTREMELY GRAPHIC VIDEO – Footage of Turkish Soldiers Decapitating Fallen Kurdish Fighters (Archival - Exact Date Unknown, Later Than Apr. 23, 2017)

#7533 | 00:50
Source: Online Platforms

This extremely graphic video shows the decapitation of fallen Kurdish fighters by Turkish soldiers. This is archival footage the exact date of which is unknown. One of the Turkish soldiers is heard saying that they avenge the blood of Turgut Kurtçu and Efe Osman Apaydin, two Turkish soldiers who, according to Internet reports, were killed fighting the PKK on April 23, 2017 in Şırnak, Turkey.

Soldier 1: "[Turgut Kurtçu,] Efe Osman Apaydın your blood has been avenged."

Soldier 2: "May his soul be glad."

Soldier 1: "Take [a photo]."

Soldier 3: "You are not sending the photos using WhatsApp, right?"

Soldier 1: "Don't send them using WhatsApp."

Soldier 4: "Bluetooth, bluetooth."

Soldier 1: "From device to device."

Soldier 5: "Definitely."

Share this Clip: