4.6 In general, the State party entirely endorses the grounds adduced by the Swiss Appeal Commission on Asylum Matters in support of its decision to reject the author's application for asylum. 4.7 In the light of article 3 of the Convention, the State party points out that, in accordance with the Committee's jurisprudence, this provision provides no protection to the author, who simply maintains that he is afraid that he will be arrested on his return to his country. 4.8 The State party questions the veracity of certain facts to which the author has referred only in his communication, such as the name and address of the friend at whose home he claims to have sought refuge. Furthermore, he gave the Committee this information on a confidential basis and on condition that the Swiss authorities took no action to verify its authenticity. However, the State party could also have obtained this information in the same conditions. 4.9 The State party points out that the inquiries undertaken by the Swiss Embassy in Ankara have shown that the author was not wanted by the police. His name does not appear in any police records in relation to possible criminal or political activities. Moreover, it was not until investigations had been carried out by the Embassy that the author was obliged to admit that he owned a home in Mersin, a fact which he had initially concealed from the Swiss authorities. 4.10 On the question of the medical certificates, the State party considers that they are not sufficient to eliminate the contradictions and implausibilities contained in the author's statements. The Swiss Appeal Commission was by no means convinced that the posttraumatic disturbances from which he claimed to be suffering were the consequence of the acts of torture which he alleges. In this context, it must be emphasized that the person who conducted the medical examination was both the therapist and the person who prepared the expert report. 4.11 With the exception of the alleged arrest of his eldest son in April 1996, the State party considers that the author has never demonstrated that members of his family or members of his wife's family have been sought or intimidated by the Turkish authorities, let alone arrested or tortured. This fact leads to the view that the author and his family would therefore be in no danger of being arrested or tortured in the event of their return to Turkey. (1)