E/CN.4/1996/35/Add.1 page 132 700. The Government replied that it had been established through a medical report dated 14 October 1994 that Vehbiye Tüzün was not subjected to torture or ill-treatment. 701. Yelda Özcan, a member of the Istanbul branch of the Turkish Human Rights Association (HRA) who had been a long-time worker at HRA’s treatment centre for torture survivors, was reportedly arrested on 4 July 1994 at her home. At the Beyog ˘lu police station she was allegedly beaten severely by a chief commissioner. A medical certificate revealed that she had sustained a perforated eardrum. 702. The Government indicated that a public case had been commenced against a police officer with the charge of beating Yelda Özcan and that the case was under way in the Beyog ˇlu criminal court. 703. Huseyin Koku, Chairman of the Elbistan branch of the People’s Labour Party (HADEP), was reportedly remanded in custody at a police station in Elbistan on 27 March 1994 and then transferred to Elbistan prison. Over the course of two months’ detention he was allegedly subjected to electric shocks and falaqa (beatings on the soles of the feet), hosed with ice-cold water, deprived of sleep and food for prolonged periods, suspended from the limbs, and beaten with truncheons and iron bars. As a result of his torture, he was said to have suffered from severe pain in his arms and feet and paralysis for over one month following his release from detention. On 20 October 1994 he was reportedly taken away by gendarmes in an official car while walking on a street in Elbistan. His subsequent whereabouts were unknown and he was feared "disappeared". 704. Yalçin Kiliç was reportedly detained in the Barbaros district of Seyhan near Adana on 24 September 1994. He was left on a bench at Adana bus terminal by police on 2 October 1994, where he told bystanders that he had been tortured for eight days. He was then taken to hospital, where he died the same day. A certificate from the Forensic Institute indicated that he had suffered internal bleeding from various blows, his arms were dislocated and he had consumed a poisoned soup. 705. According to the Government, the Adana office of the chief public prosecutor had established that Yalçin Kiliç was not taken into custody at either the Adana police headquarters or the gendarmerie headquarters. Rather, he was beaten to death by unidentified persons in Adana. An autopsy showed that his death was due to a trauma caused by injuries in the back, the arms and the legs. The investigation was continuing to identify the perpetrators. 706. Besir Özen, aged 70, and his 13-year-old daughter were arrested and taken to Ömerli security headquarters, where Besir Özen was allegedly tortured and subsequently transferred to Mardin. On 5 August he was brought to Mardin State Hospital bleeding from the mouth due to haemorrhaging in his stomach. 707. The Government replied that Bes ¸ir Özen had not lodged any complaints or taken any legal proceeding on the ground of torture. It had been established through a medical report that he was not subjected to torture or ill-treatment while under detention.