Women's Protection Units fighter Cicek Kobane (file)

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SULAIMANI — Kurdish female fighter Cicek Kobane, who was captured by Turkish-backed Syrian rebel allies in October, is not receiving medical treatment in a Turkish prison, Kobane’s mother alleged on Tuesday (December 10).

Kobane’s mother, Vahide Temo, said she that had been able to see her daughter in a Turkish prison and claimed that there were signs of torture on Kobane’s body, according to an interview with Mezopotamya news agency.

Temo added Kobane had serious swelling on her arms and legs.

“… She was tortured the minute I saw her. She told me that they tried to strangle her and she lost consciousness for a while,” the news agency quoted Temo as saying.

“She was injured from her leg in two different places. She can’t move her leg or eat,” Temo added.

Kobane’s mother noted that the Turkish prison’s authorities did not allow for additional medication to be administered following an initial course and called for better treatment for her daughter.

Dozgin Temo, known as Cicek Kobane, was a fighter of the Women’s Protection Units (YPJ), which fought Islamic State (ISIS) militants in northern Syria.

The YPJ said in a statement that the Turkish-backed militants attacked the village of Mishrafa in Ain al-Issa on October 21. Kobane was wounded in her leg and captured by the militants.

Footage was later released on social media by the Turkish-backed rebels showing a militant carrying a female fighter and calling her a “pig.”

Kobane is currently in custody in Urfa prison in southeastern Turkey and stands accused of being a member of a “terrorist organization.”

Ankara regards the People’s Protection Units (YPG) and the YPJ as terrorist organizations linked to the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK).

Turkey launched its cross-border offensive on October 9 after US President Donald Trump pulled out around 1,000 American troops who had been in the area to help their Kurdish allies combat ISIS militants.

(NRT Digital Media)