E/CN.4/1993/26 page 109 506. Ismail Yilmaz was arrested on 27 June 1992 and taken to the Istanbul Kapikule police station where he was tortured. According to the reports, he was beaten up, given electric shocks and sexually assaulted. He was also put in a room with a trained police dog which bit him in the legs and arms. 507. Abdullah Arisoy and Sait Arisoy, correspondents for Ozgür Gündem newspaper in Cizre, and Halil Arisoy were reportedly arrested at their home in Cizre, province of Sirnak, on 30 June 1992 and severely tortured at Sirnak police headquarters. Methods of torture included electric shocks and hanging by the wrists with arms tied behind their backs. 508. Ali Komak, correspondent for Ozg��r Gündem in Cizre; Erdal Gecit, lawyer; Ahmet Dagli, meteorologist; Abdulkadir Bingöl; Abdurrahman Aksoy; Melle Abdülhamit Tanriverdi; Emin Sores; Mahmut Kirmizigül; Faruk Sakik, correspondent for Ozgür Gündem in Mus; Abdullah Yasin, primary school headmaster; Salih Baykara; Yusuf Sen; Aziz Sen; Nimet Elki and Ihsan Ogan were arrested in Cizre at the end of June/beginning of July 1992 and taken to the police station where they were seriously beaten. After some days they were all taken to Sirnak and held at Sirnak police headquarters where on arrival they were allegedly punched. 509. The existence crimes or at police Special Rapporteur received reports containing allegations of the of torture against children who have been arrested for ordinary political offences and subjected to interrogation without witnesses stations. The following cases, in particular, were reported: (a) Nermin Alkan, aged 16, was arrested by police in Istanbul on 4 October 1990 and taken to Pendik police headquarters. She was repeatedly kicked and hit on the head and on the back with a club; (b) Sevinc Ekinci, aged 17, was arrested in Istanbul on 1 September 1991 and taken to the local police headquarters and the Gayrettepe police station. The police slapped her, hit her head against a wall, pulled her hair, and hit her on the back and chest with fists; (c) Orhan Ozturk, aged 16, and Fatma Ozturk, aged 12, were arrested in Istanbul on 18 March 1990 during a demonstration and taken first to the Gayrettepe police station and then to their local police station. Both were slapped, hit with clubs and kicked. Police deliberately kicked an open wound on Orhan's leg; (d) Osman Erdogan was arrested by police on 8 October 1990 when he was 14 years old. He spent two nights at his local police station and one day at Gayrettepe where he was cursed, beaten, kicked and slapped; (e) Ali Akdag, aged 15, was arrested in August 1991 by police and kept in detention for four days during which he was beaten on the soles of his feet and on his palms and fingertips; suspended naked upside down and beaten with a thick wooden stick on his head, ankles, knees and elbows. He was also suspended by his arms, naked, and given electric shocks to his genitals;