E/CN.4/1994/31 page 126 616. Ibrahim Türk, reportedly arrested on 6 May 1991 in Bismil, Diyarbakir: according to the Government, the relevant medical report indicated that there were no signs of bodily injury. 617. Erdogan Kizilkaya, reportedly arrested in Kayseri on 4 August 1991: according to the Government, the relevant medical report indicated that there was no ill-treatment. 618. Fahri Tirpan, Haydar Emrah, Goskun Kilickaya, Bektas Ozkan, Ali Azkan, Gazi Koksal, Ali Haydar Emre and Ercan Karafas, reportedly arrested in Ankara on 10 January 1992: according to the Government, medical reports showed that none of these persons was subjected to any ill-treatment whatsoever during the time they spent in custody. 619. Nazli Top, reportedly arrested in April 1992 in Istanbul: according to the Government, the report made by the Istanbul Institute of Forensic Medicine indicated that there were no signs of bodily injury. 620. Omer Ozaslan, reportedly arrested on 1 May 1992 in Zonguldak: according to the Government, the medical report showed that he did not suffer any ill-treatment whatsoever during the time he spent in custody. 621. Ismail Yilmaz, reportedly according to the Government, on was subjected to torture, legal police officers at the Yedikule arrested on 27 June 1992 in Istanbul: the basis of the complaints alleging that he proceedings were initiated against the three police station said to be involved. 622. Hüseyin Aten and Salih Yilmaz, reportedly arrested in January 1991 in Bilican (Kavsakli): according to the Government, the allegations of torture were not true. They had not been arrested on the alleged date and they were not known by the inhabitants of the Bilican village. 623. Ali Kesan, aged 16, allegedly died in police custody in Diyarbakir in March 1992. According to the Government, the allegations of torture were baseless. He was not detained in Diyarbakir Closed Prison (E Type) and no person of this name had died at the said prison. 624. Kadir Kurt, allegedly died in police custody in Diyarbakir-Bismil, province of Diyarbakir, on 19 April 1992. According to the Government, the allegations of torture were baseless. The person died with the fire from opened houses during the armed clashes with the PKK terrorist organization at Agilli village in Bismil district. The autopsy made at Diyarbakir state hospital revealed that he had been killed with a firearm. No signs of torture were encountered on his body. 625. Abdulrakip (Refik) Akin, reportedly arrested in Korkut, province of Mus, on 29 January 1992. According to the Government, the allegations of torture were baseless. He had fallen and entered into shock without any intent or interference. He was treated at Mus and Elazig state hospitals and died after three days without coming out of the state of shock. The autopsy was effected by the Mus attorney-general. Death occurred because of trauma to the head due to the knock. No trace of torture was found on his body.

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