sos/torture: Turkey action

[PeaceNet Middle East Team]

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Subject: sos/torture: Turkey action

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Subject: Turkey
From: OMCT at GEO2.geomail.org
Date: 27-01-93, 15:42:44
To: OMCT-SOSTORTURE


Case TUR 270193
The International Secretariat of OMCT/SOS-Torture calls upon you to
intervene on behalf of the following situation in Turkey.
Brief description of the situation:
According to information received from Antenna International, a
member of our network, and the Association Suisse-Kurdistan, on 12
January 1992 in the Village of Guclu, near Cizre a Kurdish family was
assassinated. The father Davut ERGUN, his wife, Nasibe and their
three children, Lokman, aged 20, Nezir, aged 8 and Hacer, aged 6,
were killed by masked men.  One year previously, the father Davut
ERGN had been released from jail where he had been detained for
supposedly aiding the PKK.
This information gives rise to particular concern given that
according to the information, 1992 saw some 20,000 arrests; the
assassination of some 385 Kurdish civilians, including 37 politicians
and 13 journalists, by counter-guerrilla forces; the destruction of
300 villages; the bombardment of 9 towns, including Sirnak - which
was almost entirely destroyed - Lice, Kulp, Cizre and Varto amongst
others.
Action requested:
Please write to the Turkish authorities to demand that they open a
thorough and impartial inquiry into the murder of the ERGUN family in
order to identify those responsible and punish them in accordance
with the law. Insist that they put an end to gross violations of
human rights perpetrated against the civilian population, and the
bombardments of villages. Urge them to ensure the respect for human
rights and fundamental freedoms in the country at all times in
accordance with international standards.
Addresses:
Mr. Turgut Ozal, President of the Republic of Turkey, Cankaya,
Ankara, Turkey  //  Mr. Suleyman Demirel, Prime Minister, Office of
the Prime Minister, Basbakanlik, 06573 Ankara, Turkey - Fax: + 230 88
96 or 117 04 76  //  Mr. Seyfi Oktay, Minister of Justice, Adalet
Bakanligi, Ankara, Turkey.  //  Mr. Ismet Sezgin, Minister of the
Interior, Icisleri Bakanligi, 06644 Ankara, Turkey - Tlx: 46369 ICSL
TR - Fax: + 118 17 95 //  Mr. Ahmet Turk, President of the
Parliamentary Human Rights Commission, Ankara, Turkey -Fax: + 420 69
41 or 119 16 64
Geneva, 27 January 1993
Please inform us of any action undertaken, (kindly quote the code
number of our appeal in any related correspondence).
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