E/CN.4/1992/17
page 86
It was reported that both were among several detainees who were
presented by the authorities to the press on 19 June as alleged
members of the Dev Sol illegal organization and as suspected of
involvement in the organization's armed activities. Deniz Teztel,
a journalist who had followed all the trials in the Istanbul
Military Court since the military coup of 1980, was detained in
Istanbul on 14 June 1991. It was further reported that applications
by lawyers to see the three above—mentioned detainees were refused
by the Public Prosecutor.
(ii)
By letter dated 1 October 1991 the Government informed the
Special Rapporteur that Ms. Ummet Suna, Hatice Suna (Sahin),
Fatma Ocalan and Tiilay Avci had been taken into custody on
4 June 1991, Necmi Suna on 7 June 1991, Lüftü Topal on 10 June 1991,
Bedii Yarayici on 12 June 1991, Murat Demir and Habibe Cavidan
Kocaacar on 13 June 1991 and Deniz Teztel on 15 June 1991.
Fatma Ocalan and Tiilay Avci had been released on 11 June 1991.
Lüftü. Topal, Ummet Suna, Hatice Suna (Sahin), Murat Demir,
Bedii Yarayici, Deniz Teztel and Habibe Cavidan Kocaacar had been
brought before the Ankara State Security Court. The charges against
them were as follows:
Lüftü Topal: supplying explosives and ammunition to the illegal
organization "Devrimci sol", of which he was a member; providing the
leader of the organization with one of the pistols used in the
murder of General Temel Cingbz; gathering information in preparation
for the murder of General Ismail Selen;
Ummet Suna: acting as intermediary in getting Adnan Temiz, one of
the people responsible for killing General Cingoz, to join the
illegal organization "Devrimci sol", helping Adnan Temiz to prepare
one of the pistols used to kill General Cingoz;
Necmi Suna: providing one of the pistols used to kill
General Cingoz;
Murat Demir, Bedii Yarayici, Deniz Teztel, Habibe Cavidan Kocaacar:
acting as couriers for the illegal organization "Devrimci sol" and
being members of it;
Hatice Suna (Sahin):
"Devrimci sol".
being a member of the illegal organization
The Government added that, on 28 June 1991, the Court had decided to
release Habibe Cavidan Kocaacar for lack of evidence and to place
the others in custody. It was established that the persons in
question had not been ill-treated while in police custody. The
Ankara prosecutor's office transmitted the file concerning the
allegation that Habibe Cavidan Kocaacar had been tortured to the
Ankara prefecture. The prosecutor's office is pursuing its
inquiries into the allegations that Bedii Yarayici, Tülay Avci,
Hatice Suna, Nemci Suna, Murat Demir, Deniz Teztel, Fatma Ocalan,
Ummet Suna and Lüftü Topal were tortured.
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