E/CN.4/1993/26 page 108 widespread bruising on both arms consistent with trauma from a blunt object, serious swellings on the left hand and arm and swelling on the soles of both feet. 496. Sekvan Aytug, president of the Sirnak branch of the Human Rights Association, was detained in Sirnak on 14 May 1992 and subjected to torture. Colleagues who visited him in prison reported that he had bruises and wounds on his left eyebrow, feet and knees. 497. Huseyin Gocer and Hasan Guldal were arrested on 23 May 1992 in Savsat district of Artvin, in north-east Turkey, and were allegedly tortured during interrogation. As a result Hasan Guldal died at the Artvin provincial gendarmerie command during the month of June. 498. Agit Salman, taxi driver, was detained by political police in Adana on 27 April 1992. He died two days later, allegedly as a result of severe beating, at security headquarters in Adana. 499. Kadir Kurt was detained on 19 April 1992 in Birik village, Bismil district of Diyarbakir, south-east Turkey. He died that night in the gendarmerie battalion command where he was interrogated, reportedly under torture, in the presence of his brother. His death was due to internal bleeding caused by pressure on his lungs from a broken sternum. 500. Mithat Kutlu, bank officer, was detained on 18 April 1992 in the Bismil district of Diyarbakir and died in custody six hours later, after his head was struck with truncheons and clubs. The autopsy report allegedly showed that his death was caused by a brain haemorrhage and internal bleeding. 501. Tahir Seyhan, an official of the People's Labour Party in Dargecit, province of Mardin, died on 11 April 1992, reportedly as a result of torture, after having spent four days in police custody. The autopsy report registered death following a brain trauma. 502. Nazli Top, a nurse two months pregnant, was arrested in April 1992 by the Istanbul police. During her 10 days in detention at the Bahcelievler police station and the Bayramtepe police headquarters, she was subjected to severe torture such as beatings, electric shocks and sexual abuse. 503. Omer Ozaslan was arrested on 1 May 1992 and reportedly tortured while in detention at police headquarters in Zonguldak. According to his father, who was able to visit him, his face and eyes were swollen, his mouth and nose were injured and there was a scar on his forehead. 504. Atilla Kavak, Gülay Sartli, Zeynep Ozgül, Hatice Duman and Ayla Peköz were arrested on 18 May 1992 and taken to the political police centre in Gaziantep where they were reportedly given electric shocks and beaten. 505. Menice Kirtay, an ethnic Kurd, was arrested by police in the Mescit quarter of Silvan, district of Diyarbakir, on 19 June 1992. She was tortured by inserting a truncheon and a gun barrel into her vagina and anus, as a result of which she had a miscarriage.

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