A comment under article about Turkish army. I think it's good summary of what S. has been telling me since December:

I remember well my military service in Turkiye. Who can forget! It was like a true hell on Earth. Much worse than hell actually. I was under constant psychological and physical torture: beating, very bad and very little food, very bad or no hygiene, insults and obscene language, insults to my family members like mother, father and siblings, zero recreation, very bad sleeping quarters with no heating in near zero centigrade temprature or no ventilation in 50+ deg/centigrade (let alone air conditioning), busted pipes flooding the floors. TSK violated every word and merit of Geneva convention for POWs. Being a POW in communist Russia would be much better. This was under TSK, its pasha now talks about the importance of secularism and democracy for modern Turkey. Who the hell is he kidding?

Source: http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/n.php?n=basbug-8216a-demoralized-military-is-a-national-problem8217-2010-02-11