CAT/C/21/D/101/1997 page 6 4.10. There are a number of elements in the author’s story which give rise to doubts. Firstly, the author has continuously reiterated that his political activities were always known to the Turkish authorities. Still, the author was never brought to trial and was released each time he was apprehended. If the applicant's story in this respect was true, more severe actions on the part of the Turkish authorities would be expected. 4.11. The author's credibility is further diminished by the fact that he has not been able to produce a consistent version of the events leading to his flight from Turkey. In his statement made on 14 September 1990, the author claimed that he had regularly brought PKK leaflets from the Syrian Arab Republic. During the second set of proceedings, this information was changed to the effect that guerilla agents came to the village and left posters. Finally, in the author’s submission to the National Immigration Board on 8 June 1997, he claimed that the leaflets/posters were either fetched in Syria or brought to his home. 4.12. Further, the author had also given two completely different versions of how the military authorities discovered his activities. In 1990 he claimed that one of the injured guerillas had informed the military authorities of his activities for the PKK. However, before the National Immigration Board in 1997 he stated that three guerillas had been killed in a clash outside his native village and that the military authorities suspected the villagers and the village elder of helping the PKK. Then he stated that the village elder had told him that the military authorities had found documents on the dead bodies with the names of contacts in the village and that he believed that the author’s name was among them. In view of the current situation of armed conflict in which the PKK is involved in the south-eastern part of Turkey, it is questionable whether a PKK member would take the risk of carrying on his person a list of names of sympathizers. 4.13. The Government does not question the fact that the author exhibited certain symptoms of PTSD. He also suffers from depression, panic, feelings of aggression and suicidal ideas. However, the later symptoms stem from his insecure refugee situation and the fact that he has been staying illegally in Sweden for six years. The medical examinations that have been undertaken have found no physical evidence to confirm that he had previously been subjected to torture. In this context it should also be noticed that in 1991 he claimed that his molars had been knocked out during torture, while in the forensic reports from 1997 it is recorded that the teeth were pulled by the village barber because of toothache. 4.14. The Government states that the author has not made it credible that he has been engaged in political activities that would make him of interest to the Turkish authorities. He has not substantiated that he had been arrested and undergone torture or other forms of ill-treatment. The Government shares the view of UNHCR and the Aliens Appeal Board that no internal place of refuge is available for persons who risk being suspected of being active in or sympathizers of the PKK. However, since the author has not substantiated that he would run any particular risk of being detained and tortured, the Government is of the opinion that if the author wishes to avoid the disturbances that undoubtedly characterize the south-east he has the possibility of staying in another part of the country.