E/CN.4/1991/17 page 63 194. It was further reported that Recep Demir and Aysenur Camlikaya were arrested on 1 September 1989 after Demir's alleged involvement in an armed clash in which an officer of Izmir police was killed and Demir was injured. According to a testimony by Aysenur Camlikaya, who was Demir's girl-friend, both were tortured, including electric shocks applied to Demir's wounds and to her, while she was stripped naked. Demir later died. Aysenur Camlikaya filed a formal complaint on 25 December 1989 alleging that Demir had been killed under torture. 195. On 3 December 1990 the Government of Turkey provided the Special Rapporteur with detailed information concerning most of the cases referred to above. The following pertinent details were given regarding the cases of Solmaz Karabulut, Fatma Ozyurt, Yusuf Ali Yildiz, Eyuphan Baser, Haci Yildiz, Lutfu Demirkapi, Erol Bektas, Mesut Hakan Korkmaz, Gulay Zengin, Gultekin Gulbahar, Ali Aziz Kacar, Abdullah, Fazil, Sait, Muharrem, Ibrahim, Bekir, Mustafa, Hasan and Mehmet Ayalp, Bulent Solgun, Zehra Pekin, Hasan Sahindogan, Mahmut Sahindogan, Murat Ceviz, Burhan Caglar Usta, Ali Atalay, Ahmet Akyuz, Sukru Tore, Vedat Celik, Seref Kasikci, Kubilay Selcuk, Tuna Ozdemir, Zinnut Acar, Mikail Acar, Sait Atalay, Yasar Cevik, Naif Simsek, Zeynep Coskun, Ali Asian and Mehmet Tonis: in all the above-mentioned cases the torture allegations were investigated and it was established that those persons had not been subjected to torture or ill-treatment. In some of these cases public law suits had been filed against officials allegedly responsible for abuses and trials were held but the officials were acquitted. In several cases (Haydar Soylemezoglu, Mehmet Tok, Nuriye Akbaba, Ibrahim Turk and Aysegul Oamlikaya) public law suits which were filed against the officials concerned were still continuing. As regards the case of Serdar Cekic Abbasoglu who had been arrested for theft "on 4 June 1990 he was found dead in his bed inside the prison. The Prosecutor immediately initiated an investigation, which was further intensified upon complaints. No evidence of trauma could be found as a result of the autopsy. No trace of poison could be detected in the beverages and in the food found in the room of the deceased. Histopathological analysis of internal organs revealed no sign of ill-treatment or induction of extraneous agents into the body. Medical doctors established the cause of death as heart failure and aspiration insufficiency resulting from defects in the coronary artery. Consequently the Public Prosecutor decided on 4 September 1990 that there was no ground for further action". With regard to Recep Demir, a terrorist known to have perpetrated 11 murders, including that of a policeman, he escaped from prison after his conviction. "He opened fire on the security officials who found him and demanded his surrender. He was heavily wounded as a result of the ensuing exchange of fire. He later died at the hospital to which he was taken for treatment. The medical report confirmed that his death was due to the wounds inflicted by a security official during the above-mentioned armed clash. The case was also investigated by the Public Prosecutor concerned who concluded on 20 September 1989 that allegations of death by torture were unfounded. Upon complaint a second investigation was carried out. The conclusion reached on 12 February 1990 confirmed that of the first investigation". As regards Ufuk Gurbuz, no complaint was ever filed with the competent Turkish authorities by that person. Regarding the incident in Kizik, there is no village bearing such name. Should the correct name be given, an investigation will be carried out. Regarding the case of Cemal Gulmez, such a name did not appear in the records of the competent authorities.

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