E/CN.4/1996/35/Add.1 page 143 766. Necat Altun and his 16-year-old daughter, Hediye Altun, were reportedly arrested on 20 July 1995 by officers of the Anti-Terror branch at their home in the Ümraniye district of Istanbul. Their family were said to have been unable to obtain any information about their detention (28 July 1995). 767. On 4 October 1995 the Government replied that the Istanbul Security Court had on 31 July 1995 ordered the arrest of Hediye Altun and the release of Necat Altun. It had been established through medical reports that they were not subjected to torture or ill-treatment during their detention. 768. Habib Çiftçi was reportedly detained in Istanbul on 3 September 1995 and interrogated for 15 days at the Anti-Terror branch of Istanbul police headquarters. During interrogation he was allegedly subjected to torture. He was transferred to police headquarters in Batman on 19 September, where he reportedly remained incommunicado (29 September 1995). 769. Ismet Çelikaslan, a Mersin provincial board member of HADEP (People’s Democracy Party), was reportedly detained on 27 September 1995 at police headquarters in Mersin. She is the mother of Leman Çelikaslan, who was allegedly tortured and raped by officers from the Anti-Terror branch of the Ankara police during a 13-day detention beginning on 21 July 1995. According to the information received, Ismet Çelikaslan was visited repeatedly by police officers following her appearance on the satellite television channel "Med TV", in which she presented the allegations concerning her daughter. She was currently reported to be held incommunicado. In addition, Zeyno Arikan and Alisan Albayrak were reportedly arrested on 29 September 1995 by police and gendarme officers in Ankara in connection with suspected illegal political activity. They were said to be held at the Anti-Terror branch in Ankara (2 October 1995). 770. Burhan Mutlu, who was said to have contacts with HADEP, was reportedly detained on 13 October 1995 in Istanbul and was being held incommunicado at the Anti-Terror branch of Istanbul police headquarters (18 October 1995). 771. The following persons were reportedly detained on 17 October 1995, following a demonstration by members of various civil servants’ unions in Kizilay Square, Ankara: Gül Dag ˆdeviren, a 16-year-old woman; Ersin Dagdeviren, aged 15; Selma Yig ˆiter, a female member of Eg ˆitim-Sen teachers’ trade union; Kemal Bolat, aged 17; Mehmat Altan; Hilal Üsenir; and Baris ¸ Algül. They were said to be held incommunicado at Ankara police headquarters. Gül Dag ˆdeviren was allegedly suspended by the arms and subjected to electric shocks and her brother, Ersin Dagdeviren, was said to be undergoing torture in an attempt by police officials to press her to sign a "confession" (23 October 1995). 772. Ibrahim S ¸ahin, a former secretary of the Human Rights Association branch in Van, who resigned that post in 1994 after receiving death threats, was reportedly detained at his office in Van on 3 November 1995 by officials from the Anti-Terror branch of Van police headquarters. He was later taken to his home, whereupon police searched the house. He was being held incommunicado at Van police headquarters (7 November 1995).