Alleged victim(s) 15. Fatma Tokmak, female, and her son Azat Tokmak (2½ years old) Date of arrest 9 Dec. 1997 to 20 Dec. 1997 Alleged perpetrators Charge Arrest by Istanbul Anti-terror police, detention at Aksaray Anti-terror Department Political Description of treatment and/or injuries Fatma Tokmak: left naked; suspension; squeezing breasts; threats of rape; forced to watch ill-treatment of son; forced to assume sexual position with son. Access to a lawyer Other Not known Complaint made. Case initially dropped, but High Court decided to expand the investigation on appeal. Azat Tokmak: electric shocks to the back; putting out cigarettes on his body. Medical certificate reported burns on his left back consistent with such treatment, and psychological imbalance. Ozgur Acipinar 3 Nov. 1998 Plainclothes police belonging to Ankara General Security Directorate, Anti-terror Branch Political Abducted in a car and taken to a remote field. Beaten over an 8-hour period. Threats. No Complaint made. Result unknown. 17. Orhan Demir, Nuriye Demir, Ismail Demir 15 Oct. 1998 Gazi police station, Ankara Unknown Beatings. Medical certificates reported: Nuriye Demir: soft tissue bruise on front right arm. Orhan Demir: Soft tissue trauma to right wrist; no work for 3 days. No Complaint made. Result unknown. 18. Deniz Celik (14 years old) 29 Jul. 1998 Batikent police station, Ankara Theft of car stereo Beating; left to stand naked while doused in cold water. Medical certificate reported bruising and oedema to the left eye and bruises behind the left ear and on the back. No Complaint made. Result unknown. 19. 37 persons present at Saturday Mothers demonstration 15 Aug. 1998 Beyoglu police station Political Left in locked bus for over half an hour in the sun; sprayed with pepper gas during arrest; kept 12 or 13 in windowless cells 6m2; withholding of toilet facilities. Yes Complaint made. Result unknown. E/CN.4/1999/61/Add.1 page 37 16.

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