E/CN.4/1993/26 page 112 520. Adem Kepeneklioglu was arrested in Istanbul on 28 June 1992 and taken to the Anti-Terror Branch of Istanbul police headquarters. According to the information received, the prosecutor at the Istanbul State security court authorized his detention for 15 days starting from 1 July. It was also reported that this person had been sentenced to life imprisonment in 1986, but escaped from Kirsehir prison for political prisoners in 1988. In 1980, 1982 and 1985 he had already been arrested and severely tortured to the point that he did not have proper use of his hands and arms, presumably as a result of having been suspended by his wrist. (6 July 1992) 521. On 30 July 1992 the Government stated that Adem Kepeneklioglu escaped from Kirsehir prison where he was serving a life sentence and was apprehended with three companions in Istanbul on 29 June 1992 during operations against the union of revolutionary communists, a terrorist group. Eye witnesses had identified him as a participant in various crimes. The competent court had ordered his detention on 13 July 1992. In his appearances before the court and the prosecutor he did not allege that he had been subjected to maltreatment or torture while in custody and accordingly no investigation was ordered. 522. Ali Sigirtmac, Efendi Oner, Ibrahim Coskun (from Kizilciksuyu village), Murtaza Gök, Ali Seyidi Gök, Haydar Cüce, Mustafa Cüce; Cevet Demir, Abidin Tasci and Riza Gök (from Domuzdere village). On 20 June 1992, approximately 15 people were detained from Domuzdere and other villages in the area (including those named above). During the operation the elderly headman of Domuzdere village was reportedly beaten and dragged by gendarmes through the village. The detainees were reportedly taken for interrogation at Avsin gendarmerie post. Two of them were subsequently released, both were apparently tortured while in custody. According to the reports, Ali Sigirtmaç was released from custody in a coma, with severe bruising on various parts of his body, and transferred to Kayseri University Medical Faculty in the care of his brother Hasan Sigirtmaç, who was also released. Another released detainee, Efendi Oner, was said to be in very poor health as a result of torture. (6 July 1992) 523. The Government stated on 30 July 1992 that the allegations concerning the treatment of Ali Sigirtmaç and the other villagers mentioned had been investigated by the Ministry of Justice. The inquiry established that the persons in question had not been in gendarmerie custody. It was also established that Ali Sigirtmaç had not been treated at the Kayseri Medical Faculty hospital during the period mentioned. 524. Diyadin Koç, board member of the People's Labour Party, was arrested on 15 August 1992 and held in incommunicado detention in Diyarbakir. (15 September 1992) 525. On 3 November 1992 the Government stated that Diyadin Koç had been taken into custody on 16 August 1992 on suspicion of membership in the PKK. He was released on 26 August 1992 by decision of the Diyarbakir State Security Court. According to a report by the Diyarbakir forensic medical institute he had not been subjected to maltreatment while in custody.