E/CN.4/1996/35/Add.1 page 138 eventually been released, with the exception of Havva Suiçmez and Mehmet Akdemir, who were arrested by a decision of the Istanbul State Security Court. None of these persons had been subjected to torture or ill-treatment while in detention. Urgent appeals transmitted and replies received 737. The Special Rapporteur transmitted 25 urgent appeals to the Government. Summaries of them together with the Government’s replies are summarized below. The dates on which the appeals were sent are given in brackets at the end of the corresponding summary. 738. Enver S ¸ims ¸ek was reportedly detained in Batman on 15 December 1994 by plain-clothes police officers and was being held incommunicado at an unknown location (20 December 1994). 739. On 23 February 1995 the Government replied that Enver S ¸ims ¸ek, who was to go on trial on 23 February 1995, had so far not lodged any complaint of torture or taken any legal proceeding on the ground of torture. It had been established through medical reports that he was not subjected to torture or ill-treatment. It had also been established that his interrogation was carried out in accordance with Turkish law and with the relevant provisions of international instruments. 740. The following lawyers and members of the Management Committee of the Diyarbakir branch of the Human Rights Association of Turkey were reportedly being held incommunicado at Diyarbakir prison: Deputy General Secretary and Secretary of the Diyarbakir branch Mahmut ¸ Sakar, who was arrested in Diyarbakir on 17 December 1994; and Nimetullah Gündüz and Abdullah Çag ˘ar, who were reportedly arrested as they left the Diyarbakir State Security Court on 16 December 1994. In addition, Zeynep Firat, a member of the Istanbul Bar Association detained on 16 December 1994, was reportedly tortured at police headquarters in Istanbul, and was being held incommunicado. Münevver Köz, a client she was on her way to see at the time of her arrest, was also being held incommunicado (22 December 1994). 741. By letters dated 24 January 1995 and 22 February 1995 the Government replied that Mahmut Sakar, Nimetullah Gündüz and Abdullah Cag ˘ar had been interrogated and referred to the Diyarbakir State Security Court on 16 December and the Court had ordered their arrest. By replies dated 24 January and 20 March 1995, the Government stated that Zeynap Firat and Münevver Köz had lodged complaints on the ground that they were subjected to torture by members of the Anti-Terror branch during their interrogation at the Istanbul police headquarters. Their statements of complaint and their medical reports had been sent to the Istanbul office of the chief public prosecutor, where an inquiry was under way. They were to be tried on 19 April 1995. 742. Salih Güler, a correspondent for the Özgür Ülke newspaper, was reportedly detained on 4 January 1995 during a raid on the newspaper’s office in Diyarbakir. He was said to be held incommunicado at gendarmerie intelligence headquarters (JITEM) in Diyarbakir (9 January 1995).