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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