E/CN.4/1991/17 page 60 The inmates, including the two persons in question were takeri tn the Aydin Prison in usual transportation vehicles. The convey wg,<; e^corfed by an ambulance carrying two physicians who examined the inmates ,sei-~r»> times on the way to Aydin. No case of mistreatment occurred diirii ; fchtransportation. A team composed of four qualified physicians made a tb*» OIH^F post-mortem examination and subsequently prepared an autopey vgyurt rrnex: the following is stated: 'The death of Mr. Yalcinkaya and Mr. Ero;>lu abeen the result of a state of shock and coma. This has been caused ?v dehydration and ketosis related to hunger and thirst'". 188. On 6 June 1990 the Special Rapporteur addressed a letter to the Government of Turkey transmitting information alleging that torture and ill-treatment of detainees and prisoners, especially those who have been charged with political crimes, continued to occur in Turkey on a large scale. It appeared from testimonies given by former detainees and prisoners in the past year that the use of torture has not been sufficiently curbed despite legislative and constitutional measures designed for that purpose. In addition, medical evidence indicated that several prisoners have died as a result of treatment inflicted upon them by police or security forces. It was alleged that prisoners were often subjected to various kinds of beatings including "falaka", beating of the soles of the feet, and beating of the genitalia. Prisoners have also allegedly been subjected to electric shocks, suspension, rape, sleep deprivation, hosings with pressurized ice-cold water, and dousings with raw sewage. Furthermore, it was reported that detainees, including children, were often forced to listen to the torture of family members. Recent reports indicated systematic and consistent use of torture at the Ankara Police Headquarters, the First Branch of the Istanbul Police Headquarters, the Kahramanmaras Police Headquarters and the Mersin Police Headquarters. The following detailed cases of alleged torture were received by the Special Rapporteur: (a) Mazhar Kara, a student association activist in Diyarbakir, was detained on 12 April 1989 and taken to the political police at Diyarbakir Police Headquarters. He later alleged having been tortured the same day by the Anti-Riot Police. The alleged torture included death threats, beatings, squeezing of testicles, electric shocks, suspension by the wrists with arms tied behind the back and being hosed down with pressurized cold water. While appearing before the Diyarbakir State Security Court on 15 May 1989 Mazhar Kara told the court that he had been interrogated under torture and forced to sign a statement without having read it. On 16 June 1989 he was sentenced to a prison term. On 28 September 1989 the Appeal Court quashed the sentence and ordered a retrial, on the grounds, inter alia, that his statement to the police had been taken under force; (b) Sixteen people who were detained in an operation against alleged members of the illegal Turkish Revolutionary Communist Party conducted between 2 and 6 February 1989, were allegedly subjected to torture, which was said to have taken place at the First Branch Istanbul Police Headquarters. Mehmet Songul, Bektas Ozkan, Ihsan Irmak and Fuat Akyurek were said to be among those who had allegedly been tortured;