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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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