"Turkish police study at NT
NT institute modernizes policing tactics
By Nazli Prisk
Intern
January 27, 2006
illy Hayes tried smuggling drugs out of Turkey in 1970 and landed in a Turkish prison for five years. The Oscar-winning movie, based on Haye’s account of his time in prison, “Midnight Express” depicted a barbaric and brutal Turkish police.
“After seeing the movie, I said that we are not like that,” said Samih Teymur, head of the Turkish National Police in the United States. “And although we have had some problems in the past, we have changed them to become the moderate and powerful law enforcement agency we are today.” "
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