Alleged victim(s)
Date of
arrest
Alleged
perpetrators
Charge
Description of treatment and/or injuries
6 Nov. 1998
Police
Aksaray police
headquarters
Participated in
manifestation
against High
Board of
Education
Beaten, blindfolded, “Palestinian hanging”
for two minutes, stripped naked, hosed with
pressurized cold water. Same procedure
the following day.
40.
Mehmet Ali Damir
1 Jan. 1998
Ôehrenihr police
station
Fight at the
market
Beaten, slapped on the ear, his head
knocked against the wall, rape threats.
41.
Ôükriye Çinar and
Zeynep Çalihan
End Oct./
beginning
Nov. 1998
Beyo—lu police
station
Demonstration
at ANAP
(Motherland
Party)
headquarters
Stripped naked; beaten; verbal assaults;
head hit against the wall; touching of
genitals with stick; kicked; kept with no food
for two days.
No
Released by State
Security Court,
detained again
because he had
not done his
military service.
One-day detention.
No medical
examination.
Released by court.
Complained of
torture to
prosecutor.
Forensic report
proved damage to
ear.
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Cemir Do—an
Other
Yes
Visit to forensic
doctor with door
open. Claim to
prosecutor who
said he had
medical reports.
Set free by court.
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