E/CN.4/1996/35/Add.1 page 139 743. Following a further communication dated 24 January 1995, in which the Special Rapporteur advised that Government that he had been informed that Salih Güler was being kept chained naked and in poor health at JITEM, the Government replied on 20 and 22 March 1995 that on 30 January 1995 the Diyarbakir office of the chief public prosecutor had ordered his release following interrogation. He was to be tried on 19 April 1995. It had been established that he was not subjected to torture or ill-treatment during his detention. 744. Hüseyin Aksoy, Zöhre Aksoy (female), Tacim S ¸ims ¸ek, Mürüvvet Günel (female, a ward representative of Media trade union), S ¸ükrü Tas ¸, Kemal Yadirgi, S ¸eyda Gül (female), Hüseyin Demirli, Kiraz Özcan (female), Emine Akcan (female), and Ismet Dursun were among 30 suspected members of the Turkish Revolutionary Communist Party (TDKP) reportedly detained in Istanbul on 4 January 1995. They were said to be held incommunicado at the Anti-Terror branch of Istanbul police headquarters (11 January 1995). 745. Ahmet Killi, a correspondent for the newspaper Dengê Azadi, and Çag ˘atay Is ¸ik, an office worker for the newspaper, were reportedly detained by officers from the Anti-Terror branch of Diyarbakir police headquarters following a raid on the offices of the newspaper on 8 January 1995. Their whereabouts were unknown (12 January 1995). 746. On 23 February 1995 the Government replied that Ahmet Killi and Çag ˘atay Is ¸ik had been released following interrogation and were to be tried on 24 February 1995 on charges of providing shelter and assistance to the PKK. It had been established through medical reports that they were not subjected to torture or ill-treatment during the time they were apprehended or referred to the relevant authorities. 747. Ismail Hakki Kelleci, a correspondent for Özgür Ülke, was reportedly arrested on 19 January 1995 by police from the Anti-Terror branch of Diyarbakir police headquarters. He was said have been taken to Diyarbakir police headquarters, but the Diyarbakir State Security Court prosecutor apparently had not been informed of his whereabouts. In addition, Turabi Kis ¸in, who had reportedly been hospitalized for three months due to torture from a previous detention, was allegedly being tortured again in incommunicado detention at the Anti-Terror branch of Istanbul police headquarters. He suffered from tuberculosis and was said to have lost the use of his arms and hands from torture (24 January 1995). 748. On 22 March 1995 the Government replied that Ismail Hakki Kelleci had been referred to the office of the chief public prosecutor in Diyarbakir on 6 February, where his arrest was ordered. He was to be tried on 31 March 1995 on charges of providing shelter and assistance to the PKK. No mention was made in the reply of his treatment while in detention. On 10 July 1995 the Government informed the Special Rapporteur that Turabi Kis ¸in had been detained on 14 January 1995 and interrogated at Istanbul police headquarters. On 27 January 1995 his arrest was ordered by the State Security Court and a case was commenced on charges of PKK membership. An examination conducted by the Forensic Medicine Institute on 27 January had established that there was no trace of injury on his body. A preliminary investigation concerning the allegations of torture and ill-treatment was under way.

Select target paragraph3

Connect to a paragraph
Connect to an entity
Disable highlights
Add to table of contents