Alleged victim(s)
Date of
arrest
Alleged
perpetrators
Charge
Description of treatment and/or injuries
Access to
a lawyer
No
Other
5.
Hakan Kizi
(12 years old)
10 Aug. 1998
Mecidiyekoy
Police Station,
Istanbul
Unknown
Beatings.
Medical certificate reported wounds to the
head, bruises on the neck and right
shoulder, a burn on the inside arm and
deep bruises on both legs. It stated that the
patient could not work for 10 days.
Complaint made.
Result unknown.
6.
Ergun Kose
12 Sep. 1998
Kidnapped from
the street by
plainclothes
police
Attempt to
make him
become an
informer
Blindfolded throughout; beating; left hand
and wrist cut and a burning liquid poured
into the cuts; insults.
7.
Gural Erdogan
2 Jun. 1998
Three different
Beyoglu police
stations
Theft
Beating; punching; squeezing ears;
punching stomach; hitting head against the
wall.
Yes
Complaint made.
Result unknown.
8.
Selim Ozcan
28 Apr. 1998
Eminonu Central
police station,
Istanbul
Carrying an
unlicensed
weapon
Beating; electric shocks; falaka; sexual
harassment; threats.
No
Complaint made.
Result unknown.
9.
Erdogan Yilmaz,
Aysen Yilmaz,
Arif Celebi,
Zabit Iltimur,
Hasan Ozan,
Necati Abay,
Suleyman Yeter,
Erdogan Ber,
Bayram Namaz,
Sultan Arikan,
Gonul Karagoz,
Ferhat Akcay,
Sedat Senoglu,
Mukaddes Celik,
Birsen Kaya
21 Feb. 1997
to
6 Mar. 1997
Istanbul Security
Directorate,
Anti-Terror Unit
Political
Palestinian hanging; straight hanging; rape;
beating; subjecting to cold air; dousing with
cold water while naked; hitting genitals;
attempted rape with truncheons.
Not
known
Complaint made.
Investigation
ongoing.
Complaint made to
Kartal Public
Prosecutor. Result
unknown.
E/CN.4/1999/61/Add.1
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