Item 87 - Turkish investigation into Nebahat Akkoç's detainment

9pp

Compilation of correspondence and documents pertaining to the 13 April 1994 arrest and detainment of Nebahat Akkoç by the anti-terror branch of the Diyarbakır Security Directorate. Akkoç was originally sentenced on 2 July 1997 to 3 years and 9 months in jail plus a 3-year band from the public service. This decision was revoked by the 9th Penal Office of Supreme Court of Appeal on 10 November 1997 due to lack of evidence. Includes:
1) Letter (in English) from Michael O'Boyle, Section Registrar, European Court of Human Rights, to Kevin Boyle and Françoise Hampson (9 August 2000, 1p) enclosing the following letter:
2) Letter (in French) from Bahadır Kaleli, Deputy Permanent Representative of Turkey to the Council of Europe, to O’Boyle regarding the state of the internal investigation into Akkoç’s treatment (6 July 2000, 1p);
3) Letter (in English) from O’Boyle to Boyle and Hampson (24 August 2000, 1p) enclosing the following:
4) Letter (in French) from Kaleli to O’Boyle which enclosed a report as requested by the Court on Akkoç’s treatment (11 August 2000, 1p);
5) Report (in Turkish) issued by Ayhan Acet, Class 3 Security Director and Branch Security Director, detailing Akkoç’s case and claiming that there is no evidence to prove grounds of torture and that a report prepared by the Diyarbakır Hospital stated that there was no evidence of beating or bodily force (21 June 2000, 2pp, 2 copies);
6) English-language translation of 5) (3pp).

• English

• French

• Turkish