In Ankara, the locations where detainees are reported to have been tortured or subjected to maltreatment are Ayaş Prison in Ankara’s Sincan district; the gymnasium at Ankara Police Headquarters, the gymnasium at the Ankara Police Academy; the Special Forces headquarters in Ankara’s Gölbaşı district; the solitary confinement cells in Ankara’s Sincan prisons; a warehouse behind Ankara Police headquarters.
Turkish government authorities used these locations to practice both verbal and physical tortures on detainee. Tortures have reportedly included threats to kill, rape, strap and spray pressurized ice cold water.