Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 1994/07/07 (Creation)
Level of description
Extent and medium
1p
Context area
Repository
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Photocopy of two articles, 'Şerif Avşar case started in Diyarbakır' and 'İHD brings out June human rights report' from the 7 July 1994 edition of the Turkish Daily News. The first article details the beginning of the trial against the six men accused of kidnapping and killing Mehmet Şerif Avşar, in which the five accused village guards claimed that they were following orders and had conducted similar operations on the orders of various commanders in the past. One of the guards, Ömer Güngör, stated that he personally shot the victim twice in the head ('I followed the order since I was scared'). The second article pertains to a Human Rights Association (İHD) report stating that 27 people died as a result of torture and extrajudicial executions in June in Turkey, while another 16 people were victims of mystery murders.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Conditions governing reproduction
Language of material
English