From: Press Agency Ozgurluk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Sun, 11 Mar 2001 05:18:56 +0100 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: "[Ozgurluk.Org]" TDN/Turkey: Cases against security on charges of applying torture escalate Cases against security on charges of applying torture escalate There are a number of cases against police and soldiers on charges of torture and rape in the Southeast region Ankara- Turkish Daily News A number of cases opened in Southeast region against security personnel on charges of applying torture and rape against suspects while under custody escalated in the recent years. 43 military personnel and police are on trial for applying torture to suspects under custody in Diyarbakir, Mardin, Siirt and Urfa in last year. However, none of them who are allegedly involved in torture, causing death by applying torture and rape incidents are detained. Meanwhile, those who said they were tortured or raped while under custody applied to the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) and the court decided that these people should get compensation. In the aftermath of the decision of the ECHR, Justice Minister Hikmet Sami Turk said that prosecutors who failed to make full investigation in the torture cases will be hold responsible for the compensations. The statement of Turk cause a boom in the number of law suits against security personnel on charges of applying torture. Some of the ongoing cases in Southeast cities of Diyarbakir, Mardin, Siirt and Urfa as follows: Case against a sergeant and seven policemen on charges of torturing and raping Kamile Cigci, 45, while she was under custody in Mardin's Nusaybin province . Trial against 19 policemen in Diyarbakir on charges of torturing Enver Gunduz, Sabahattin Alp, Hanifi Turan, Huseyin Avci, Sirin Agahatun and Mensure Avcu shortly after they were taken under custody by the Diyarbakir Police Department. Trial against seven gendarmes on charges of causing the death of Mahmut Yilmaz, 16, by applying torture while he was under custody in Siirt. Case against five corporals on charges of applying torture to Nusret Suluk and Yusuf Celik in Mardin. Trial against Corporal Akin Ekiz on charges of torturing Ali Altuntas in Diyarbakir's Lice province. Trial against two policemen on charges of torturing Ibrahim Yalcinkaya, Talaf Aydin and Cuma Yoktur while under custody in Urfa's Akcakale province. -- Press Agency Ozgurluk In Support of the Revolutionary Peoples Liberation Struggle in Turkey http://www.ozgurluk.org _________________________________________________ KOMINFORM P.O. Box 66 00841 Helsinki Phone +358-40-7177941 Fax +358-9-7591081 http://www.kominf.pp.fi General class struggle news: [EMAIL PROTECTED] subscribe mails to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Geopolitical news: [EMAIL PROTECTED] subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] __________________________________________________
