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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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