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.
Copy (with typed English translation) of the Diyarbakır State Security Court Chief Public Prosecutor not to proceed with charges against Mehmet Zeki Aksoy, Ömer Karaaslan, and Mahmut Bayram Kortak for assisting the PKK armed front based on lack of grounds to proceed.
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).
Paper note to represent the appendix; no subsequent content.
Press releases issued by Behçet Avşar and the Özgür Gündem newspaper regarding the abduction and killing of Şerif Avşar, calling them politically motivated and mentioning the continued persecution of Özgür Gündem employees and associated.
Paper note written by Françoise Hampson to represent the appendix; no subsequent content.
Taxation status chart (in Turkish with English translation) of Baran Gübrecilik, the chemical fertiliser business owned and operated by the Avşar family. The translator notes that every business place in Turkey is required to display their taxation status chart publicly on the wall. This was submitted as Appendix 5 to the Applicant's Memorial in the Avşar case.
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.
Autopsy report for Yakup Aktaş produced by Şevki Artar, Mardin State Prosecutor, which failed to establish a cause of death. Artar notes that 'Today at around 19.30 he was under my observation at the Investigation and Interrogation centre when he was suddenly taken ill and brought to the Mardin State Hospital and here I was informed that he had died.' No signs of trauma were reported other than heavy bruising across the upper arms and an 8 cm scar above the right scapula. (File pages 61-63; for English translation see A44/43/1/6/1/2/6)