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Copy of the Council of Europe's Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT) 15 December 1992 statement on Turkey noting the deep-rooted issue of torture and ill-treatment employed by Turkish police against prisoners.

Statement (in French with English translation) sent by the Embassy of Turkey in Belgium to the International Federation of Journalists regarding Şerif Avşar. The Embassy states that: six men [five provisional village guards and a government informant] abducted Avşar on 22 April 1994; the guards were identified and placed in custody on 5 May 1994; the guards claimed to have abducted and killed Avşar as part of a vendetta; Avşar's body was found in a field alongside the Diyarbakır-Silvan highway; and the suspects have been arrested and the investigation is in progress.

Statement (in Turkish) of Reyhan Yalçındağ and Cihan Aydın, Turkish lawyers working in Diyarbakır province who acted as the local legal representatives of the applicant, providing a schedule of financial losses incurred by the Avşar family as a result of Şerif Avşar's death. They attach fee statements (in Turkish with English translation) from the school where Şerif Avşar's attend. This was submitted as Appendix 4 to the Applicant's Memorial in the Avşar 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.

Paper note printed to represent the appendix; no subsequent content. An appended Post-It from Françoise Hampson reads 'Ekmekçi damage'.

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.

Paper note printed to represent the appendix; no subsequent content.

Questions submitted in the Parliament by Kamer Genç, MP for Turceli, to Mahmut Oltan Sungurlu, Minister of Justice, inquiring into the nature of Yakup Aktaş' death, living conditions in places of detention in Turkey, injuries to Aktaş' corpse seen by those washing his body, and whether any inquiry has been made into the events of the deaths. Following is Sungurlu's response of the same day in which he quotes the official autopsy results stating there was no sign of beating, force, or trauma to Yakup Aktaş' body. Document in Turkish with English translation. (File pages 47-53)

Questions submitted in the Parliament by Kamer Genç, MP for Turceli, to Mahmut Oltan Sungurlu, Minister of Justice, inquiring into the nature of Yakup Aktaş' death, living conditions in places of detention in Turkey, injuries to Aktaş' corpse seen by those washing his body, and whether any inquiry has been made into the events of the deaths. Following is Sungurlu's response of the same day in which he quotes the official autopsy results stating there was no sign of beating, force, or trauma to Yakup Aktaş' body. Document in Turkish with English translation.

Three issues of the Amnesty International publication Urgent Action (publication numbers AI EUR 44/37/94, 44/38/94, and 44/49/94) appealing for action regarding the arrest and detainment of Sedat Aslantaş on 12 May 1994. Amnesty calls for letters and appeals to be sent to various Turkish Government officials. The 17 May 1994 issue notes: 'Since the joint press statement of May 1993 does not advocate violence, Sedat Aslantaş is considered to be a prisoner of conscience and his imprisonment to be in violation of his right to freedom of expression, as safeguarded in Article 10 of the European Convention on Human Rights, to which Turkey is a State Party.'