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English translation of the statement of Zübeyde Dulaş made to the Kurdish Human Rights Project via Rozan Alicioğlu of the Diyarbakır Branch of the Human Rights Association detailing the events of 8 November 1993 which occurred in Çitlibahçe, the resulting deliberate burning of her house and property, and the refusal of authorities to let villagers return to the village.

Original and supplementary statements of Şükran Aydın made to the European Commission of Human Rights as taken by the Diyarbakır Branch of the Human Rights Association. The first statement details her family's arrest and detainment and the sexual assault committed against her by three plainclothes officers. The second statement notes the harassment that Aydın has endured since applying to the Commission. Aydın states that her complaint has now been publicised in newspapers. She states that a few days after her release, she was married to a relative (Abidin Aydın) to whom she had been promised and soon became pregnant. Because of her damaged reputation, 'there are those who think that my child is not from my spouse.' Aydın also notes the psychological damage she has suffered as a result of the incident.

Analysis of legal costs and expenses awarded by the European Court of Human Rights in judgments between 1 January 1993 and 31 October 1998 prepared for the Kurdish Litigation Project by Andrea Battista, Lucia Fresa, and Hulan Tsedviin. The report was appended to the applicant's memorial in the İzzet Çakıcı case.

Letter from Zübeyde Dulaş to H.C. Krüger, Secretary to the European Commission of Human Rights, authorising Kevin Boyle and Françoise Hampson to be her legal representatives.

Pages 26-28 of a report, 'A Desolation Called Peace', published by the British Parliamentary Human Group following a mission to southeast Turkey. The except details incident of torture committed against peole held in custody by Turkish officials, including the detainment and rape of Şükran Aydın. The report notes that Aydın obtained a doctor's report from Mardin Hospital certifying that she had been raped.

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Reply of the applicant to the observations of the Government of Turkey submitted to the European Commission of Human Rights in the Gülten Aytekin case. The applicant 'submits that the killing of Ali Rıza Aytekin is a clear violation of Article 2 of the European Convention on Human Rights in that the killing took place after the car had stopped and the soldier fired without cause or justification.' The applicant 'also complains that the manner in which the investigation has been conducted and the extraordinary delays in finalizing it prejudice her right to an effective remedy and constitute a violation of Article 13.' Attached is the statement of Dr. Christopher Milroy, Senior Lecturer in Forensic Pathology, University of Sheffield, providing his analysis of submitted materials and concluding that the idea that the bullet has been fired at a tyre but ricocheted into the car killing the driver and exiting to the front is implausible.

Appendix 5 of the applicant's memorial in the İzzet Çakıcı case, containing:
1) Pages 74-76 and 115 of the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC)'s Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances. The extracted pages discuss the high level of enforced of involuntary disappearances in Turkey, noting that the country led the world in reports of these types of cases in 1994 (30 December 1994, 5pp);
2) Summary report (Amnesty International publication index number EUR 44/15/94) published by Amnesty International 'More people "disappear" following detention', noting the rise in reports of disappearances during 1993 and 1994, particularly in southeastern Turkey, calling for investigation into these disappearances, and urging Turkey to adhere to international human rights instruments (March 1994, 8p).

Statements (in Turkish with English translation) of İzzet Çakıcı and Remziye Çakıcı, brother and wife of Ahmet Çakıcı, regarding the destruction of Çitlibahçe and concurrent kidnapping of Ahmet on 8 November 1993.

Report by the United Nations' Committee against Torture on its inquiry into systematic practices of torture of persons in various premises under the authority of the Ministry of the Interior in Turkey. The report calls for various reforms and notes the discrepancy between the measures taken and intentions expressed by the authorities with regard to action to combat torture and the actual practice followed within the Ministry.