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732. On 19 September 1994 the Special Rapporteur sent an appeal on behalf of
Musa Ulusoylu, Özer Akdemir, Ays
¸enur Ikiz, Debrim Osman Çelebiog
˘lu,
Mujdat Yilmaz, Emine Ög
˘ün Yilmaz and Mehmet Ali Gürel. These persons were
reportedly being detained incommunicado at the Anti-Terror branch of Ankara
police headquarters for alleged membership in the illegal Turkish
Revolutionary Communist Party (TDKP). The Government replied on
3 January 1995 that the families of the detainees had been notified concerning
the reasons for their detention but they had not been allowed access to legal
counsel during their interrogation from 12 September to 26 September, in
compliance with the Anti-Terror Law. They were all to face trial. They had
not so far lodged any complaints or taken any legal proceeding on the ground
of torture and it was established through medical reports that they had not
been subjected to torture or ill-treatment during their detention.
733. On 18 October 1994 the Special Rapporteur transmitted an urgent appeal on
behalf of Emrullah Cin, Mustafa Asig
˘, Suzan Is
¸bilen (female) and
Pervin Is
¸bilen (female), who were reportedly arrested on 13 October 1994 and
were being held incommunicado at Diyarbakir police headquarters. On
10 January 1995 the Government replied that Emrullah Cin and Mustafa Asig
˘ had
been arrested on 15 October 1994. The chief public prosecutor of the State
Security Court had ordered the release of Emrullah Cin on 17 October and
Mustafa Asig
˘ was later ordered released by the State Security Court pending
trial. Suzan Is
¸bilen and Pervin Is
¸bilen were detained on 14 October 1994 but
were released on 15 October. The reply provided no information with respect
to the treatment of these persons while in custody.
734. On 24 November 1994 the Special Rapporteur sent an urgent appeal on
behalf of Aheste Akbilek, a representative from the Health Workers’ Union, who
was reportedly arrested on 21 November 1994 by police from the Anti-Terror
branch of Ankara security headquarters. On 13 January 1995 the Government
replied that she had been released on 23 November 1994 and that no inquiry was
deemed necessary concerning her case.
735. On 7 October 1994 the Special Rapporteur transmitted an urgent appeal on
behalf of Abdulkerim Bag
˘dur, who reportedly had been detained by police and
ill-treated in Adana on 4 October 1994. On 23 January 1994 the Government
replied that he had been arrested under suspicion of being a PKK member and
was released on 5 October 1994 by the Adana office of the chief public
prosecutor. His file had been sent to the Konya State Security Court. He had
not so far lodged any complaint or taken any legal proceeding on the ground of
torture and it was established through medical reports that he was not
subjected to torture or ill-treatment during his detention.
736. On 28 November 1994 the Special Rapporteur transmitted an urgent appeal
on behalf of the following persons detained on 24 November 1994 during police
raids in Istanbul on the offices of the magazines Mücadele, Yoskul Halkin
Gücü, Is
¸çi Hareketi and Devrimci Gençlik: Ilker Alcan, Bülent Bag
˘ci,
Ufuk Dog
˘bay, Savas
¸ Karakurum, Tarik Tolunay, Selda Özcan, Hatic Akdog
˘an,
Murat Kuyumcu, Mehmet Akdemir, Kuret Sangül, Veli Canik, Yemliha Kaya,
Metin Yildiz, Sabahat Varol, Serap Topçu, Filiz Kaplansüren,
Erdal Kaplansüren, Havva Suiçmez, Bülent Karatas
¸ and Haylat Fayli. On
27 February 1995 the Government replied that no proceeding had been taken
concerning Erdal Kaplansüren and Hayat Fayli. The other persons had
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