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Statements (in Turkish with English translations) made on 22 April 1994, 18 May 1994, 20 May 1994, and 20 June 1994 by Behçet Avşar to the Kurdistan Human Rights Project concerning continuous attacks and threats made toward his family, including threats from the Saraykapı gendarme station ('if we mention them in the court things will get worse for us') which are preventing his family from appearing at government hearings because they fear their lives may be endangered. Behçet's statement of 20 June 1994 notes that government forces attempted to kill two of his cousins that week.

Five statements (in Turkish with English translation) made by Sedat Aslantaş over the course of 1993 and 1994 regarding the persecution of himself and others by Turkish authorities with regard to human rights activism, and his 1994 arrest and detainment.

Statements (in Turkish with English translations) of Feyzullah Aytekin and Gülten Aytekin made to both the Yanıkkaya Gendarmerie and the Diyarbakır Branch of the Human Rights Association regarding the killing of Ali Rıza Aytekin and the subsequent perceived lack of follow-up from Turkish authorities, plus a photocopy of the burial certificate (in Turkish with English translation) of Ali Rıza Aytekin issued by the Kozluk Chief State Prosecutor.

Statement (in Turkish with English translation) of Behçet Avşar made on 30 May 2000 summarising the events surrounding the killing of his brother Şerif Avşar, the subsequent fallout, and why he wishes to be heard in front of the European Court of Human Rights. This was submitted as Appendix 1 to the Applicant's Memorial in the Avşar case.

Letter (in Turkish with English translation) from the Parliamentary Human Rights Commission to Mahmut Aktaş, brother of Yakup, informing him that his petition to Parliament of 20 September 1991 was submitted to the Human Rights Commission on 9 October 1991, and has now been transferred to the Law and Verdicts Administration. (File pages 87-89)

Letter (in Turkish with English translation) from the Parliamentary Human Rights Commission to Mahmut Aktaş, brother of Yakup, informing him that his petition to Parliament of 20 September 1991 was submitted to the Human Rights Commission on 9 October 1991, and has now been transferred to the Law and Verdicts Administration.

Two transcripts of newspaper articles (in Turkish with English translation) covering proceedings in the criminal trial against the six men accused of kidnapping and killing Şerif Avşar. The surveillance of Avşar family lawyer Şenal Sarıhan is noted, as is his request that the gendarme officer who the defendants have named as the orchestrator of the kidnapping and killing be named.

Statement (in Turkish with English translation) from the Diyarbakır branch of the Human Rights Association stating that Zeki Aksoy and 13 other prisoners were tortured in the Kızıltepe gendarme station and in Mardin for 16 days. ('The police in Mardin fired at the feet of the prisoners and into the air to terrorise them before being brought before the prosecution... ...After Mehmet Zeki Aksoy was released from custody, he was under surveillance for a long period, and during this period he was threatened by people whose identities he did not know.')

Letter (in Turkish with English translation), Ahmet Türk, Member of the Grand National Assembly for Mardin, to Mahmut Aktaş, informing him that his application to the Commission for the Monitoring of Human Rights has been registered and that he will be informed of the conclusions after all necessary investigation is carried out. (File pages 90-92)

Letter (in Turkish with English translation) from Ahmet Türk, Member of the Grand National Assembly for Mardin, to Mahmut Aktaş, informing him that his application to the Commission for the Monitoring of Human Rights has been registered and that he will be informed of the conclusions after all necessary investigation is carried out.