Item 2 - Replies to Government Observations sent by letter of the 26th May 1995 in the Application of Mr. Sedat Aslantaş (Application Number 25658/94)

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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 Aslantaş case. The reply submits that any purported domestic remedy is illusory and ineffective, that at no point has Aslantaş advocated violence or sought to interfere with the rights of others, and that Aslantaş has been unable to work freely as a lawyer and is being targeted for his human rights work, especially with regards to assisting in bringing cases before the Commission. Attached are two statements (in Turkish with English translation) from Aslantaş which were not submitted with the replies. The first statement is addressed to the European Commission of Human Rights, stating that the denial of his appeal by the Supreme Court constitutes the exhaustion of his domestic remedies. He notes the prejudicial language of the decision, and that he is also being tried in two other cases in Diyarbakır State Security Court. The second statement is addressed to Diyarbakır State Security Court No. 3, refuting testimony by Abdulhakim Güven, former prisoners' representative at Diyarbakır E-Type Prison, who accused Aslantaş of being affiliated with the PKK and the Kurdistan National Assembly ('It is clear that Abdulhakim Güven has not hesitated to make imputations against everyone he knows in one way or another in order to save himself').

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