E/CN.4/1994/31 page 117 severe frostbite, which subsequently became gangrenous. As a result Ibrahim Ekin’s big toes had to be amputated; a large proportion of Resul Aslan’s feet had to be amputated; 17-year-old Fahrettin Özkan had to have all his toes amputated; Mehmet Tahil Ceten’s leg was amputated from the knee down in Diyarbakir State Hospital. Osman Ekincy was reportedly subjected to electric shocks and his toes were crushed with pliers. Hüseyin Yilairim was reportedly forced to eat human excrement, drink urine and petrol and, while he was bound, his hands and feet were burned. 560. Dr. Hassan Kaya and Meten Can, a lawyer and president of the Elazig branch of the Human Rights Association, disappeared on 21 February 1993 in Elazig after Mr. Can had received a telephone call from an alleged policeman telling him that one of his clients was involved in a car accident and that he should report right away to a police station. Dr. Kaya accompanied him. They were both found dead on 27 February 1993 near the town of Tunceli. Both bodies reportedly bore signs of torture and mutilation; their hands were bound behind their backs with wire, there were marks of cigarette burns, Dr. Kaya’s eyes were gouged out and there was evidence of use of electric shock on Mr. Can. 561. Ibrahim Dicek was arrested on 20 March 1993 in the village of Baristepe in Mardin province and 10 days later his body was found in a well. The prosecutor’s report allegedly stated that there were marks of beating with the intention of torture covering the entire body, as well as rope marks on both arms consistent with being dragged; the anal area was torn, suggesting that a hard object had been inserted as a method of torture. The autopsy allegedly revealed that the causes of death were respiratory and circulatory failures brought about by a blow on the head with a blunt object. 562. Gülan Yavuz, a female student at Ankara University, was among a large group of persons arrested at the Ekin arts centre in Ankara on 18 April 1993 under suspicion of membership of the illegal armed organization Devrimci Sol. She was reportedly taken to the Istanbul police headquarters, where she was allegedly soaked with pressurized cold water, beaten on the sole of the feet, sexually assaulted, suspended by the arms and given electric shocks. 563. Irfan Ortakci was arrested in the same circumstances as Gülan Yavuz. He was said to have been twice hung by the arms with the hands tied behind the back and hosed with cold and hot water. His sexual organ was pulled, squeezed and flicked. 564. Tülay Cakmak, a female high school student, was arrested together with the two above-mentioned persons. She was allegedly hung, given electric shocks and sprayed with cold water. Another female student, Eylem Kaya, was beaten, soaked with water and threatened that they would do things to her to make her incapable of having children. 565. Hasan Durna, Cafer Oral, Ayhan Uzala and Nurettin Topuz were arrested on 6 May 1993 in Istanbul on suspicion of membership of an illegal armed organization. They were reportedly held in incommunicado detention for 14 days, during which time they were subjected to several methods of torture, including electric shocks and being hoisted off the ground by their wrists, which were tied behind their backs.