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02.04.2004 - A delegation of the Council of Europe's Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT) has recently completed a two-week visit to Turkey. Commencing on 16 March 2004, it was the Committee's fourth periodic visit to Turkey.
One of the main objectives of the visit was to examine the current situation on the ground as regards the treatment of persons held by the law enforcement agencies and to assess the impact of recent legal reforms concerning police custody. Prison related issues also formed an important part of the visit, particular attention being given to the move towards smaller living units for prisoners, the situation of juveniles held in prisons for adults and health-care services. The delegation visited law enforcement and prison establishments in various provinces, with particular emphasis on Gaziantep and Izmir. It also went to health-care facilities where persons in police custody are medically examined.
The visit was carried out by the following members of the CPT:
- Silvia CASALE, President of the
CPT (Head of delegation) (British)
- Marc NÈVE, 2nd Vice-President of
the CPT (Belgian)
- Ale BUTALA (Slovenian)
- Marija DEFINIS-GOJANOVIC
(Croatian)
- Esteban MESTRE DELGADO
(Spanish)
- Jean-Pierre RESTELLINI (Swiss).
They were assisted by Trevor STEVENS (Executive Secretary of the CPT) and Jan MALINOWSKI of the CPT's Secretariat, and by Timothy HARDING, Director of the University Institute of Forensic Medicine, Geneva, Switzerland.
During the visit, the CPT's delegation met the Chief Public Prosecutors of the Republic in the Gaziantep and Izmir Provinces. The delegation also held discussions with representatives of the Gaziantep and Izmir Bar Associations and with lawyers practising in those cities, as well as with representatives of the Izmir branch of the Turkish Human Rights Foundation and of the Gaziantep and Izmir branches of the Human Rights Association.
At the end of the visit, during talks in Ankara with senior officials from the Foreign Affairs, Interior, Justice and Health Ministries, the CPT's delegation provided the Turkish authorities with its preliminary observations.
The delegation visited the following places:
Law enforcement agency establishments
- Aydin, Gaziantep, Izmir,
Kahraman Maras, Kilis and Manisa Police Headquarters
(Anti-Terror, Juvenile,
Law and Order, and Smuggling, Trafficking and Organised Crime Departments)
- Dörtyol, Menemen and Türkoglu District Police Headquarters
- Karsiyaka Police Station (Gaziantep); Basmane, Bogaziçi, Gümüspala and Kantar Police Stations (Izmir); Asarlik Police Station (Menemen)
- Gaziantep, Kahraman Maras and Kilis Provincial Gendarmerie Headquarters
- Armutlu, Ortaklar and Türkoglu Gendarmerie Posts
Prisons
- Aydin E-type Prison
- Gaziantep E-type Prison
- Izmir (Buca) Closed Prison
- Izmir F-type Prison No. 1
In addition, a number of prisoners were interviewed at Adana F-type, Gaziantep H-type and Kahraman Maras E-type Prisons.
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