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A house in the Kızıltepe district of Mardin was raided by security forces on 18 January and 3 people in the house, one of whom was a female, were killed. Security forces, on the one hand, claimed that the raided house had been used as a base by PKK militants; on the other hand, sources in the region stated that one of those killed was a PKK militant and the other peo-ple had no connection to the PKK.

04)- Abdullah Altan (24)

A house in the Ilıca quarter of the Narlıdere district of Izmir was raided by police on the evening of 10 February, and Abdullah Altan, who was in the house was killed. The official statement said that Abdullah Altan was a PKK militant and had committed suicide in the raid. Some people who witnessed the incident said that Abdullah Altan had been killed by the police. Tahsin Şanlı, who lived in a flat next to the raided house which was owned by Leyla Kale, said: “On the evening of the raid, there was a knock at my door. Those who knocked at the door were police officers. Our neighbour Leyla and her 5-year old son were near the police officers. They came in. They put me, my 3 guests, Leyla and her son into a room and asked us to be quite. A police officer came after a while and took Leyla out of the room. At that time we heard Leyla said ‘Please, don’t do this. I am pregnant.’ We were kept in the room for 2 hours. Later, police officers took me to the house of Leyla. The house was completely cluttered up. They made me sign a minutes stating that the house was intact. We learnt that a person in the house had died. However, we did not hear any gun shots. Normally, we hear even sound of leaking water. The police officers took Leyla, her husband Hıdır and two people with them.” Another person, Ziya Ardıç, stated that he had watched the incident from his balcony and had not heard any gun shots. He added that he had left his house and asked a police officer “What happened?”, the police officer said to him “The terrorist shot himself.”

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A house in the Cumhuriyet quarter of the Viranşehir district of Urfa was raided by police on the morning of 14 February. In the raid, a woman named Emine Bardakçı and a man, whose name could not be learnt were killed. Police authorities reported that the raided house had been used by PKK militants and those killed were the assailants of some armed attacks carried out in Viranşehir. This report was confirmed by sources in the region. The corpses of those killed, were exposed to the public on the district streets following the incident.

07)- Ömer Ayna 08)- Sıddık Aba (20)

In a police raid against a house in the Seyrantepe quarter of Diyarbakır on the morning of 21 March, Ömer Ayna and Sıddık Aba were killed, and two people were apprehended wounded. Police authorities stated that the house had been used by PKK militants and those killed and wounded were assailants of certain armed attacks in Diyarbakır. Sıddık Aba’s father Ali Aba said that his son had been killed although he was innocent and his house in the Bağlar quarter of Diyarbakır had also been raided by police at the same time. Witnesses said that po-lice officers had

entered the house by breaking the door down and after several gun shots they saw 2 corpses being removed from the house.

09)- Nezir Küçük

A house in the Yenipazar quarter of Mersin was raided by police on the evening of 5 May and a youth, Nezir Küçük, was killed. The official statement put out concerning the raid, claimed that Nezir Küçük had been wounded in a clash which broke out when he had at-tempted to throw a hand grenade into a police vehicle, and he had died at the hospital. The owner of the house stated that Nezir Küçük was one of his relatives and was staying in the house as a guest for a some time. He said, “The police officers, who came to the house first asked if there was anyone else in the house. We said that a guest was sleeping in a room. Then, they entered the room. They woke him up and started to beat him. At that time, a police officer fired at Nezir. He was shot and fell on the ground. Then they took Nezir away.”

10)- Tuncer Güler (11)

The house of Mehmet Güler in the 100. Yıl quarter of Ağrı, was raided by police on the night of 28 May. As a result of the gunfire opened by the police, Mehmet Güler’s son Tuncer Güler (11) died and his 10-year old other son was wounded. Mehmet Güler reportedly recipro-cated and a police officer was shot in the throat and wounded. After the incident, Mehmet Gü-ler, his wife Naze Güler, and their daughters Filiz and Raziye were detained. Tuncer Güler was laid to rest in the Ağrı Küpkıran Cemetery by his relatives.

11)- Hanım Sincar (17) 12)- Teyyibe Sincar (23)

The Ömerli district of Mardin was attacked by PKK militants on the night of 27 June and operations were launched in the region after the attack. During the operations, a house in the Güzelağaç village was raided by special team members. Two young girls, Hanım Sincar and Teyyibe Sincar, who were sleeping on the roof of the house during the raid were killed. After the incident, the Sincar family left the village and migrated to Izmir. Türkiye Sincar (50), the mother of the killed girls, said that her official complaint had been ignored and the incident had been explained by military officials as “They died in the cross-fire during a clash.” Türkiye Sincar reported that the special team members had actually wanted to kill her elder daughter Teyyibe, but when her younger daughter Hanım, had attempted to protect her, both of them were shot dead. Türkiye Sincar said that soldiers had come to the village later to bury the corpses, but she had not let them do so before the Public Prosecutor had come and examined the corpses. Türkiye Sincar stated that the prosecutor had not allowed the corpses to be autopsied despite her insistence. Türkiye Sincar added that she had found cartridges of 36 M-16 bullets on the scene.

13)- Şemsettin Kaplan

A house in the Abdülkadir Paşa quarter of the Nusaybin district of Mardin was raided by police at about 12.00 p.m. on 9 July. In the raid, Şemsettin Kaplan, who was in the house was killed. After the raid, Şemsettin Kaplan’s wife was detained. Police authorities claimed that Şemsettin Kaplan was a PKK militant and had died in a clash which had arisen after he had opened fire on police officers.

14)- Hacı (Bahoz) Cin 15)- Eyüp Gökpınar

In a raid by security forces against a house in the Evrenpaşa quarter of the Viranşehir district of Urfa on the night of 15 July, 2 people, Hacı Cin and Eyüp Gökpınar were killed. In a

clash which broke out during the raid, 3 security forces were wounded. Police authorities stated that the house had been used as a base by PKK militants. The sources in the region said that the house had been raided upon a denunciation, and those killed were PKK militants who had committed suicide not to be apprehended alive.

16)- Güner Şar (21) 17)- Hüseyin Aslan (24)

18)- Özlem Kılıç (20)

Police attempted to raid a flat on terrace of a building in the Bağcılar quarter of Istanbul at about 3.00 a.m. on 4 August. However, a clash arose when those in the flat returned fire. The clash, which lasted until 8.30 a.m. resulted in the deaths of Güner Şar, Hüseyin Aslan and Özlem Kılıç. Those killed were reportedly members of the Revolutionary Left organization and had moved to the flat 6 months before. During the raid, a woman named Havva Şahin, living in one of the surrounding houses was wounded by gun shot while 2 police officers were wounded, one poisoned by gas bombs thrown into the house and the other hit by a brick which fell on his head. IHD Istanbul Branch Chairperson Ercan Kanar made a statement concerning the raid and pointed out that the raided house had been under police surveillance for a long time. He stated that those killed might have been caught alive if the police had waited for several days. Ercan Kanar said: “The massacre is an answer to Azimet Köylüoğlu, the State Minister respon-sible for Human Rights, who says that there is no extra-judicial execution in Turkey.”

19)- Hatip Akbaş 20)- Erol Torsun

A house in the Yolaltı village of Diyarbakır was raided by security forces on the morning of 9 August and 2 people in the house were killed. The official statement put out concerning the raid said that those 2 people were PKK militants. The statement was confirmed by regional sources. The owner of the house, Sıtkı Bozan, was detained following the raid.

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During a police raid against a house in Kaynartepe in the Bağlar quarter of Diyarbakır on the morning of 15 August, 2 people in the house were killed. Police authorities stated that those killed were PKK militants, preparing an attack. Sources in the region said they thought that university students were staying in the raided house.

23)- Fuat Erdoğan (32) 24)- Elmas Yalçın (34) 25)- Ismet Erdoğan (26)

A cafeteria in the Beşiktaş quarter of Istanbul was raided by police at about 4.30 p.m. on 28 September. In the raid, Fuat Erdoğan (lawyer), Elmas Yalçın and Ismet Erdoğan, who were in the cafeteria were killed. Istanbul Security Director Necdet Menzir stated that those people were members of the Revolutionary Left organization and had been killed during a clash which had broken out when they had opened fire on the police officers. Hüsnü Öndül, the Secretary General of the IHD stated the following related to the raid: “The killing of 3 people is an extra-judicial execution. This incident has showed that how easily the right to life, personal freedom and security might be abused. They acted in order to kill. The authority to use a gun was used as the authority to kill.” A delegation formed of IHD-member lawyers examined the raided cafe-teria on 30 September. Later, lawyer Eren Keskin made a statement concerning the raid and said: “We have examined scenes of many extra-judicial cases, and this is the first extra-judicial execution case that we did not see any bullet traces. Although police took everyone out of the cafeteria, the cafeteria owner and other people said ‘A clash broke out.’ to television reporters.”

26)- Ibiş Demir (23) 27)- Güler Ceylan (20)

A house on the 2133rd Street in the Gaziosmanpaşa Sultançifliği quarter of Istanbul was raided by the police on the night of 8 October, and as a result Ibiş Demir and Güler Ceylan were killed. It was reported that those killed were militants of the Revolutionary Left organiza-tion, and a Kalashnikof gun and 2 pistols had been found in the house. Journalists were allowed to enter the raided house 4 hours after the incident. It was revealed as a result of an examination that the door of the raided house was broken with a sledge hammer, there were many bullet holes on the walls and windows had been broken. The absence of bullet traces on the walls of the hall where the corpses were present, called attention.

28)- Ahmet Öztürk (26) 29)- Zeynep Gültekin (24)

A house in the Arpaçbahşiş town of the Erdemli district of Mersin was raided by police at about 4.00 p.m. on 26 October and Ahmet Öztürk and Zeynep Gültekin were killed and a woman, Sevgi Erdoğan, was apprehended wounded. Police authorities stated that the raided house had been used as a base by militants of the Revolutionary Left organization, and a Kalashnikof rifle and a bomb had been found in the house. Hamide Öztürk, the Spokesperson of the Adana Rights and Freedoms Platform stated that Ahmet Öztürk was the Adana Repre-sentative of the journal Mücadele and said: “Two people were murdered. The incident has been passed off as a clash and thus the extra-judicial execution has been portrayed as legal.”

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A house in the Seyrantepe quarter of Diyarbakır was raided by police on the night of 18 November and 3 people, including one woman, were killed. Police authorities claimed that the raided house had been used as a base by PKK militants. Those living in the Seyrantepe quarter stated that gun shots lasted for about 10 minutes and they did not have the impression that a clash had arisen within this period.