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 page 35

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