Turkish soldier claims to be guinea pig in military experiment
 'They attached cables to different parts of my body and electrocuted me,' said Alabay. DHA photo |
A soldier from Turkey’s eastern Şanlıurfa province has claimed that he was experimented on at the Gülhane Military Medical Academy, or GATA, and lost function of entire right side of his body. The General Staff has denied the claims.
Five months after he joined the military Fevzi Alabay experienced swelling in his hands. Alabay was first sent to the infirmary and then taken to GATA, three month ago.
Alabay claims he did not sign documents put in front of him as he is illiterate, and was then experimented on. “The doctors at GATA said the swelling was neurological and I was kept bedridden in the neurology ward. Once my body reacted to the medicine they said I would receive physical therapy. Instead they attached cables to different parts of my body and electrocuted me,” said Alabay. He was kept in a room for four days and continually received injections.
There were other soldiers experimented on too, Alabay said. “Six soldiers died during the experiments and were taken from the hospital secretly. If my family did not find me, I might have died.”
Once his family located him, the soldier had already been at GATA for 68 days. When he left he was given a month-long health leave that requested a change of scene. “I do not know whether I will heal, but I am afraid to return to the military,” said Alabay, who has no function in half of his body except for his hand.
The soldier’s family said they located Alabay after they saw him on TV. Some soldiers at GATA were using high-level electromagnetic fields to determine a patient’s diagnosis and broadcast the footage, which featured Alabay.
Alabay was serving in the Istanbul Metris 47th Motorized Infantry Troop.
The Turkish General Staff said the medical process applied to the patient was carried out according to basic treatment principles. The claims of carrying out experimental treatment within the clinic and causing the death of soldiers as a result are unrealistic, said an official statement on the website of the Turkish General Staff.
“The soldier Fevzi Alabay was continually informed both verbally and in writing and he was not forced to take a treatment outside of his will. In every stage of the treatment, the patient's approval was taken and his undergoing faintness during the treatment is out of the question," said the statement.
"In reverse of what the patient claimed, he did not under go an electromagnetic application or an experimental medical treatment. Furthermore, the views of the patient were never taken under oath," said the statement.
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