News Center - Two siblings named GEG (7) and İ.EG (10) drew the sexual abuse they were subjected to by their mother and stepfather in the Elmalı district of Antalya province of Turkey. The final hearing of the Elmalı child abuse case was held yesterday and the mother and stepfather were released under judicial control. After the verdict was announced, it sparks outrage in the country. Many people have used their social media accounts to express their reaction to the verdict under the hashtag #elmalıdavası (Elmalı case). Actresses Hafsanur Sancaktutan and Seray Kaya announced on their social media accounts that they were also subjected to abuse when they were children and that they will stand by the children.

Actress Hafsanur Sancaktutan announced on her social media account that she was subjected to sexual abuse by her grandfather when she was a child. “Don’t keep silent,” she wrote in her post.

“Read this story, it is very familiar! To everyone who says that don’t talk about it, it is a shame. Yes, you also abuse children. I confess that my story is also like this story. I was sexually abused by my grandfather when I was a child. I was subjected to harassment by my cousins, neighbors, and colleagues. We are not ashamed, we don’t fear. I know we are not alone. Girls, don’t keep silent. Because we are alone anymore. You are very precious. Because I love you so much,” Hafsanur Sancaktutan said in her post.

“I will continue to be the voice of children”

Actress Seray Kaya announced that she was subjected to sexual abuse by one of her friends’ father when she was a child. Seray Kaya posted the following tweet;

“I was a child. I was too scared to tell my family and I kept silent. I am not to blame for the abuse I was repeatedly subjected to by my friend's father. I am not scared anymore. I will continue to be the voice of children, who are subjected to sexual abuse.”