>examination did not take place because soldiers entered the treatment room. >A check-up every six months is necessary but in two years only one check-up >was possible. >Gulten OZDEMIR: Abdominal hernia, bones in spine have merged together, >rheumatism of the joints, problems with sugar and cholesterol, chronic >bronchitis, as well as dental and eye difficulties. An MR is to be taken in >Capa but the date for an appointment has not been fixed. >Hacer ARIKAN: Migraine, acute bronchitis, anaemia and the beginnings of neck >problems. >Ebru DINCER: Neck off-centre, rheumatism in joints, tension headaches. >Allergic to vitamins and some medication. >Yasemin OKUYUCU: Rheumatism, pains in stomach. In the past this was said to >be colitis. Now it is said not to be colitis. >Funda DAVRAN: Chronic bronchitis, sinusitis, rheumatism. Moreover, is >suffering from depression. >Alev YILDIZ: Chronic bronchitis. >Ozlem ERCAN: Has suffered from tuberculosis. Treatment with medication is >continuing. Has suffered from abdominal hernia since birth, the membrane in >both ears is damaged and she suffers from anaemia. >Ozgul DEDE: Neck problems, abdominal subsidence, back pains, muscles >weakened, tension headaches, left leg shorter than right leg. >Munevver KOZ: Heart murmur, muscle rheumatism, dental problems. Taking >medication. >Fatma GUZEL: Chronic bronchitis, gastritis, sinusitis and rheumatism. When >she was examined by the doctor , the doctor transferred her to Capa Hospital >for an MR, saying that when she was a child her shoulder was broken and >because of the dislocation of the shoulder the muscles in that area are >deformed. But the soldiers prevented her from going to hospital. >Hamide OZTURK: Hernia, anaemia (advanced) and bronchitis. >Gulser TUZCU: Chronic bronchitis, pharyngeitis, 40% loss of hearing in right >ear, no hearing in left ear. >Sengul MERT: Advanced asthma. >Fahrettin ALTUN: Heart disease (mitral deficiency) >M. Salih DEMIR: Heart disease (angina pectoris, an illness of the blood >vessels). >Nurettin BAHTIYAROGLU: Kidney deficiency. >Nusret KILIC: Angina pectoris, nephrotic syndrome, lung obstruction present. >Nuran EKINGEN: Chronic hepatitis. >Baki KAPLAN: Epilepsy, migraine. >Leyla AKBAS: Hernia. >Ikram NARIN: Visual problems connected to widening of the ventricle. >Gafur SEN: Improper amputation of the foot (operation necessary). >Halil UCAR: Has suffered from TBC, still suffers from bleeding. >Nizamettin KAYA: Suffers from disease of the duodenum, bulbous ulcer in the >cervical vertebrae C2-3-4. >Seyithan LACIN: Lumbar disk hernia. >M. Bahri KURT: Cervical-lumbar hernia. >Mehmet TURHALLI: Obstruction in lung. Lumbar disk hernia. >Kadir TEKIN: Lumbar disk hernia. >Seyfullah AKDEMIR: L5 s1 protusion from left paracental disk. >Ismail BALCA: Sleeping difficulties due to depression. >Nahit EKELEK: Psychoneurosis. >Enver ELBAT: Lumbar disk hernia. >Ekin MORSUMBUL: Lumbar sacral stenosis, sleeping difficulties due to >depression. >Selahattin BAGIR: Lumbar disk hernia. >Serdar EJDEROGLU: Lumbar disk hernia. >Mehmet YASAK: Lumbar disk hernia. >Meryem ALGOR: PTSD, sleeping difficulties due to anxiety. >Gulay SOKER: Bronchial asthma. >Saime UGURLU: Epilepsy, anaemia. >H. Aziz HUN: Cervical disk hernia, lumbar disk hernia, allergic dermatitis. >Hakan CANPOLAT: Lumbar disk hernia. >Gulderen BARAN: Damage to brachial plexus. >Ali KURT: Disk hernia. >Sukru TORE: Allergic bronchitis. >Teslim TORE: Peptic ulcer, hernia. >Menderes YILDIRIM: TBC. >Fatma SAVCI: Fibrous adenoma. >Gulfirik GUYUK: Heart problem. >Zuhal SURUCU: Heart problem. >Can Ali TURKMEN: Thorax-abdominal obstruction, venous circulation damaged. >Hakki CICEK: Wernicke-Korsakoff, atrophy of the left arm. >Mehmet Ali CELEBI: Wernicke-Korsakoff. >Eyuphan BASAR: Wernicke-Korsakoff. >Ahmet Turan ATMACA: Wernicke-Korsakoff as a result of 1996 Death Fast and >psychological problems connected with this. >Ilhan KILIC: Chronic hepatitis-B. >Kemal TUFAN: Chronic hepatitis-B. >Erol KOMUR: Chronic hepatitis-B. >Huseyin GUNDUZ: Chronic hepatitis-B. >Nurettin BAHTIYAROGLU: Chronic hepatitis-B. >Ercan SARI: Chronic hepatitis-B. >Nizamettin DEGERLI: Chronic hepatitis-B. >Mehmet DEGERLI: Chronic hepatitis-B. >Eylem CEVIK: Chronic hepatitis-B. >Fatima YILDIRIM: Chronic hepatitis-B. >M. Resit ARSLAN: Chronic hepatitis-B. >Gencali KARABULUT: Chronic hepatitis-B. >Resit KESKIN: Chronic hepatitis-B. >Nezhar GULER: Chronic hepatitis-B. >Sukru TORE: Chronic hepatitis-B. >Semiye YILDIRIM: Chronic hepatitis-B. >Seyithan ULUTAS: Chronic hepatitis-B. >Orah GOK: Chronic hepatitis-B. >Baba ARI: Chronic hepatitis-B. >Nihat KONAK: Gunshot wounds to the foot and wrist. No operation has been >performed. >Petek TURKMEN: Danger of skin cancer due to deficiency. >CANAKKALE PRISON >Ulas GOCMEN: Bullet lodged in body. No diagnosis was made from a tomography >taken in Canakkale State Hospital. Was transported to Istanbul Cerrahpasa >Medical Faculty Hospital for advanced examination. >Ilker BABACAN: Shortage of breath. At night this condition worsens. No >result obtained from the KBB (Ear, Nose and Throat) department. There was a >transport to the Chest Diseases Department. Has still not been taken there. >According to a KBB expert, an operation is necessary. >Huseyin AVSAR: Suffers from spastic colon. Has to continually take >medication. >Yusuf Kenan DINCER: Was in the first team in the 1996 Death Fast. Needs >constant medication as a result of this resistance. Has a problem of >forgetfulness with regard to distant past. >Ruhi UZUNHASANOGLU: Stomach ulcer. Has problem with reflexes for no obvious >reason. Prison doctor said, "Your reflexes have become nothing." >Murat BAHCELI: Low blood pressure. >Sibel HORASAN: Before imprisonment, received treatment for nephritis. In >prison has received treatment for frequent infections of the urethra. When >she went to the urology polyclinic on October 25, 1999 she was said to have >small kidney stones. On April 21, 2000 an ultrasound image was made and this >ruled out kidney stones but an oval cyst was reported. She has still not >received the results. Apart from this, there are lower back pains, bronchial >asthma and other complaints. At the site of the lower back pain, above the >coccyx there is a swelling which a doctor has described as an oily mass, but >no results of analysis have been received. >Kamile KAYIR: Death Fast resister. Frequently feels unwell and weak, with >muscle pains and a great sense of tiredness with loss of balance. Very high >cholesterol level. >Sevgi SAYMAZ: Death Fast resister. Quickly becomes tired, unwell and weak. >Apart from this there is a heart murmur. In 1997 suffered from tuberculosis, >and check-ups are still continuing. Doctors have done nothing about the >complaints of the Death Fast resisters. They say there is nothing they can >do. In the face of persistent complaints, all they say is to be careful to >eat properly. >Gulumser TOSUN: Death Fast resister. Complains of feeling unwell, quickly >tiring, palpitations from time to time, headaches and pain in joints from >time to time. >Turkan OZEN: Before being imprisoned, had an operation (goitre), and also >one for the parathyroid glands. After the operation there was a diagnosis of >hypoparathyroidism and he started using calcium on a continual basis. In >April 2000 started taking a medication called Rocaltrol. Complaints of >calcium deficiency continue. >Leyla ALP: Had pneumonia in January 2000, treatment received. Urethra >complaint at present. Doctor diagnosed small kidney stones. >Yasemin KARADAG: Chronic nephritis in left kidney, 1994. Infections >frequently recur in right kidney. Nephritis has been diagnosed there. Apart >from suggesting she drink a lot of fluid and pay attention to what she eats, >the doctors have done nothing. Continually uses Monopril (for high blood >pressure). Stomach trouble and hernia. Has not received medication for >stomach and kidney trouble. Because of the high blood pressure she suffers >from varicosity and flat fee as well as constriction of the blood vessels in >the eyes, allergic asthma and other complaints. Has anaemia but because of >kidney situation is not receiving medication. >Hatice OGUT: Has been receiving treatment for tuberculosis since March 6, >2000. Still being checked by Verem Savas (War against TB, an organisation). >Cigdem YIGIT: Stayed in the same prison ward as Hatice Ogut at the time the >latter was diagnosed as having TB, she was given check-ups by Verem Savas. >No diagnosis but she has continued to have her condition monitored by Verem >Savas. >Emel SAHANOGLU: Stayed in the same prison ward as Hatice Ogut at the time >the latter was diagnosed as having TB, she has been monitored by Verem >Savas. No diagnosis but she has continued to have her condition monitored by >Verem Savas. >Fidan KALSEN: Stayed in the same prison ward as Hatice Ogut at the time the >latter was diagnosed as having TB, she was given check-ups by Verem Savas. >No diagnosis but she has continued to have her condition monitored by Verem >Savas. >Gulnihal YILMAZ: Stayed in the same prison ward as Hatice Ogut at the time >the latter was diagnosed as having TB, she was given check-ups by Verem >Savas. No diagnosis but she has continued to have her condition monitored by >Verem Savas. >Ilkay OZCELIK: Allergic asthma. >Hanim HARMAN: Allergic asthma. >Aysen YAZICI: High blood pressure. >Ozgur BASKAYA: Chronic bronchitis. Almost no attention paid to complaints. >Must take medication continually. At the moment complaints continue. >Rahsan EREN: Since the kneecap was broken, its condition has continued to be >aggravated. Medication has been received from an orthopaedic clinic. >Complaints continue. Difficulties also experienced from time to time with a >collapsed arch. >Hatice DEMIRER: Because of abdominal pains was transported to the Brain >Surgeons' department. Sciatica and hernia were diagnosed. Medication taken >when the pain grows worse. Because of stomach ulcers was transported to the >gastroentology department. >Aysu BAYKAL: Chronic nephritis. Started a diet in January 2000 after being >diagnosed by a doctor as having uremia. The diet is continuing. The >infection, and complaints of problems are continuing. >Ulker KARAYEL: Because of a stomach ulcer, has had episodes of bleeding on >four previous occasions. A diet is continuing but while complaints have >lessened there has been no real improvement. Suffers from severe pain in my >neck. Suffers from palpitations. Was told by a doctor in hospital that the >condition was not infectious. At the moment there are no very serious >complaints. Complaints of being physically exhausted are growing. Also has >rheumatism of the joints. >Pervin TUGAN: Chronic cystitis. Because of the narrowness of the bladder, >urine is not being retained. Has used Minirin for two years, there have been >side effects resulting from long-term use. Now does not use Minirin unless >it is really necessary. Has achieved no results from treatment. Pain in >abdomen and neck. Results of tomography normal. Has had treatment for >sinusitis but pain continues. >Ozlem CIBELIK: Palpitations. Receiving check-up in Ankara Numune Hospital, >however no reason for the cardiac problem has been found. Is using Dideral. >Also suffers from rheumatism of the joints and hernia. >Nurten HASCELIK: Suffers from pain because of lengthening of the arm-bone. >Has only receive muscle relaxants and pain killers for this. Kidney >infections and small kidney stones. Reported that doctor has told her to >start a diet after she complained of feeling unwell, weakness and tiring >easily. >Hatice YAZGAN: Legs broken before she became a prisoner. For a long time had >platinum implant, this was removed after an operation. Pain in knee and >wrist joints. Pain grows worse with every day that passes but on this issue >there has been no medical intervention from doctors. >Yildiz BAGUC: Treatment received for infection of the middle ear. However, >was transported to hospital because no results. Went to hospital on April >24, 2000 but was not given examination because of the arbitrary practices of >the soldiers. >Mehdi TANRIKULU: Gastric Problems. >Sultan SARI: Gastric Problems. >Ayse CABALAK: Gastric Problems. >Raife KOC: Gastric Problems. >Safiye SEL: Ges Problems. >Yasar SIMSIR: Chronic hepatitis-B. >Ibrahim DEMIR: Psychological problems. >Mehmet EROGLU: Gastric Problems. >Hediye AKSOY: Partial loss of vision in both eyes, kidney insufficiency, >gynaecological illness. >BERGAMA PRISON >Gursel AKMAZ: Hearing difficulties, pain in feet and abdomen. No treatment. >Saffet SARIOGLU: Chronic stomach and foot pains. No programme of treatment. >Mehmet Inan ISIK: Throat inflammation and sinusitis. No treatment given. >Levent DERICI: Chronic bronchitis. >Suleyman EROL: Rheumatism. No treatment. >Baris YILDIRIM: Constant eye problems, chronic pharyngeitis, sinusitis, >hernia. No conditions for treatment present. >Erkan KURAY: Chronic infection of the upper respiratory system. >Abdullah BOZDAG: Breathing difficulties. >Bulent ERSOY: Lower back hernia, stomach hernia, advanced deterioration of >eyesight, partial hair loss. No treatment received. >Faik ONDER: Hepatitis-B. >Sadik BAYRAKCI: Violent abdominal pains, stomach ulcer and ringing in the >ears. No conditions for treatment. >Tamer CADIRCI: Anaemia and bronchial asthma. Has received treatment with >medication. >Ismail ATACAN: Chronic bronchitis. No treatment received. >Mahmut Gokhan OZOCAK: Cataract in right eye, pneumonia, stomach ulcer. Eye >operation needed. >Levent GOKTAS: Hernia. >Sinan AKBAYIR: Continual pain in knees and joints, loss of hair, tonsillitis >and impaired vision. >Esat UCKAN: Rheumatism. >BARTIN PRISON >Suleyman MATUR: Migraine, kidney stones, inflammation of the urethra, >haemorrhoids, pain in abdominal region, lower back and heart trouble and >rheumatism. Because of these illnesses, has spent time in the prison >infirmary and been transported to hospital on several occasions. >Ekrem KAVAL: Previously suffered from stomach ulcers, kidney and urethra >inflammation. >Savas KARACAM: Suffered kidney disease (stones and smaller particles). >Ali KOC: Crippling lower back trouble. Intestine not functioning properly. >Sinan YAVUZ: Memory damage, visual problems and loss of balance caused by >participation in 1996 Death Fast. >Munur COLAK: Severe venous deficiency in the left leg. Operation needed. >Unal ODABASI: Advanced loss of hearing in the right ear. Previously had >operation while a prisoner in Ulucanlar Prison, Ankara. But the hearing >problem did not subside. >Metin YAVUZ: Hernia, sinusitis, kidney inflammation. Has been examined both >in the prison infirmary and in hospital and has received medication but >problems continue. >Rabbena HANEDAR: Suffers from illness, lack of resistance to infections, >chronic infections, sinusitis and rheumatism resulting from participation in >Death Fast. >Ali Osman KOSE: Chronic pharyngeitis, inflammation of the lymph glands and >kidneys, prostate trouble, haemorrhoids, high blood pressure, constant >headaches and loss of hearing in the left ear. Examinations in the prison >infirmary and hospital have led to treatment with medication, but no other >treatment. >Aziz NAKCI: Partial loss of memory and loss of coordination caused by >participation in the Death Fast. Apart from medication, no other treatment >has been given. >Ugur BULBUL: High blood pressure. >Serdar DEMIREL: Hernia, rheumatism, chronic bronchitis. Apart from >medication, no other treatment has been given. >Talat KIZIL: Complains of constant headaches. >Sinan OZSOY: Unable to assimilate sugar in any form. In connection with >this, suffers from sense of weakness and exhaustion. Up to the present, no >treatment has been received. >Huseyin CINAR: Sinusitis and lower back pains. >Erol EVCIL: Lower back pain. >Serdal GELIR: Partial loss of memory and forgetfulness connected with brain >damage caused by participation in the Death Fast. Apart from medication, no >other treatment has been received. >Yildiray EYUBOGLU: Sinusitis, sense of weakness, frequent and violent >headaches, facial numbness, kidney malfunction. Constant diarrhoea. >Polat HAN: Sinusitis, rheumatism, severe pain and numbness in the left arm, >which had been broken previously. >Cemalettin POLAT: Kidney infection, sinusitis and migraine, forgetfulness, >constant numbness of the body and from time to time high blood pressure. >H. Hayri ALP: Chronic pharyngeitis, lower back pain and Hepatitis-B. Blood >samples were taken in connection with diagnosing hepatitis, but other than >this nothing was done to treat the disease. >Orhan OZBOLAT: Migraine, asthma, intestinal infection, lower back pain. >Apart from medication, no other treatment received. >Yusuf KUTLU: Rheumatism, continual feeling of weakness, sinusitis. >Lutfu TOPAL: Migraine and hernia. >Ismet OZDEMIR: Check-ups and analysis resulting from stays in the infirmary >and transports to hospital have established the presence of sinusitis as >well as inflammation in both ears, especially the inner part of the left >ear. Almost all hearing has been lost in the left ear. Despite there being >ear problems for a very long time, hospital doctors have made no effort to >do anything, on the contrary they have interfered with treatment and used it >to apply pressure. At the moment medication is being given. Has also >suffered from Hepatitis-B. Latest tests in hospital have not mentioned >hepatitis - instead Gilbert's disease has been diagnosed. >Nihat KONAK: During the Ulucanlar massacre (1999), received a bullet wound >in the right foot which smashed bone and caused the sole of the foot to >collapse. Because of this, is only able to walk with a limp. Came here about >one month after being wounded. Apart from treatment aimed at healing the >wound in the infirmary and hospital, and the application of some medication, >no other treatment has been given. Moreover, suffers from lower back and >neck hernia and calcification of the hip, lower back and shoulder. >Savas KOR: During the Ulucanlar massacre, suffered bullet wound in arm and >the joints in three fingers no longer function. Bullet damage to the right >hand and elbow have resulted in nerve damage and loss of feeling. For this >reason the fingers are numb. There has been no treatment for this other than >medication. (Despite an X-ray being taken in hospital, on two occasions >bullet fragments have emerged from the arm.) >Ilhan EMRAH: During the Ulucanlar massacre, fragments became embedded in >various parts of the back of both legs. This has made it difficult to walk. >Fragments are constantly passing through the body. Apart from medication, no >other treatment received. >Bulent CUTCU: Asthma. >Haydar BARAN: Torture during the Ulucanlar massacre has caused nerve damage >to the left leg and two fingers of the right hand as well as loss of feeling >(the elbow cannot be moved properly). Lung damage. Transport to hospital has >resulted in no treatment other than medication. >Atlen YILDIRIM: Diabetes. >Murat GUNES: During the Ulucanlar massacre, suffered severe torture and >blows to the head, and still suffers violent pain. Pain from broken ribs and >back pain. In the arm and legs (in the legs, at knee level) nerve damage has >caused numbness and loss of feeling. Check-ups in the infirmary and hospital >have given no treatment other than medication. >Muhammet MUHAMMET: High blood pressure, peptic ulcer. >CANKIRI PRISON >Nail DEMIR: Spinal damage caused by torture, partial paralysis. >Ismail TEMIZYUREK: Kidney disease. >Sabri CELIK: Heart disease and TB. >Huseyin SAHIN: Anaemia. >Abdullah BALAT: Anaemia. >Fevzi ONAL: Liver insufficiency, chronic bronchitis. >Mustafa ARGES: Hyperthyroidism. >Adep INCE: Psychological problems. >Ferit SOYLU: Psychological problems. >Sabri TAS: Psychological problems. >Hikmet BOZKURT: Skull fracture, damage to cranial blood vessels. >ELBISTAN PRISON >Turan UYSAL: Trauma. >Avni TAS: Trauma. >Mahmut KESKIN: Trauma. >Bozan GUCLU: Trauma. >Ismail KARDUMAN: Trauma. >DIYARBAKIR PRISON >Yusuf BOZKURT: Damage to joints as a result of torture. >Zubeyde COBAN: Disk hernia, operation needed (has been transported to >Mugla). >SELENDI PRISON >Funda UGUR: TB. Disk hernia. >Giyasettin GUNES: Lumbar disk hernia, TB. >ADANA BAHCE PRISON >Ali TORE: Break in body fibres caused by torture. >ELAZIG PRISON >Mehmet OZEN: Trauma. >Yasin YASAR: Trauma. >GAZIANTEP PRISON >Haluk DURAN: Trauma, loss of eye. >Mehmet DURSUN: Burns. >Fesih ERKAPLAN: Burns. >Sukru AKBAS: Trauma (result of attack in Diyarbakir Prison). >Ali KOC: Trauma (result of Diyarbakir Prison attack). >Yasar KIRMIZI: Trauma (result of Diyarbakir Prison attack). >Musa ALTUN: Brain trauma as a result of attack in prison. >Mehmet AYLAK: Trauma (result of Diyarbakir Prison attack). >Ulas ASLAN: Trauma (result of Diyarbakir Prison attack). >Yilmaz YUREK: Trauma (result of Diyarbakir Prison attack). >Ahmet TUNELI: Trauma (result of Diyarbakir Prison attack). >Toksoy AKTI: Trauma (result of Diyarbakir Prison attack). >Serdar TURAN: Sinusitis. >Celal KELES: Chronic hepatitis-B. >Muharrem HOROZ: Chronic hepatitis-B, pain in joints and lower back. >NAZILLI E-TYPE PRISON >Hanefi ERDEM: Chronic hepatitis-B. >Faik Ozgur EROL: Peptic ulcer. >Metin YAVUZ: Sinusitis and haemorrhoids. >Kerim YALCIN: Peptic ulcer. >Emin KARATAY: Heart trouble, kidney insufficiency. >Nadir KALKAN: Disk hernia, migraine, sinusitis, pharyngeitis and chronic >bronchitis. >Fethi KURSUN: Peptic ulcer, platinum in arm. >Celal KILIC: Sinusitis, chronic bronchitis, venous deficiency, disk hernia. >Nazim ASLAN: Sinusitis, chronic bronchitis, venous deficiency, disk hernia. >Mekki DEMIR: Heart rheumatism, epilepsy, sinusitis, disk hernia. >Ahmet OLCER: Gastritis. >Memduh CELEBI: Vision impaired. >Mesut KILINC: Heart deficiency, venous deficiency. > >-- >Press Agency Ozgurluk >In Support of the Peoples Liberation Struggle in Turkey and Kurdistan >http://www.ozgurluk.org > > _______________________________________________________ KOMINFORM P.O. 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