£kim.Thele6flets andstickers referred to1HayasInternational labour Day. Between 28Apriland1Maysomefurther 13peopleweredetained in lzmirandinterrogated assuspected members ofEk;m.On10May.nineof themwere ta~entoIzmlrStateSecurity CourttobeCharged. Turab;Polat, Pa~aAbbas\ogullart. Huhtullah Abbaslogul1arl, Ar;fAkyurtlakl\. All KorkmaztAbdullah TapanandHithatUyan\kwerecommitted toSucaPr;son1n Izmir.£rdal ~allmandM~hmet £minAnlkwerereleased, butlaterindicted togetner withtheothers. Abdullah Tapanwasalsoconditlonally released on 18Mc:lY. On20Julytheffrsthearing inthl:!fklmtrialtookploce;nIzmir StoteSecurity Court. Elghtdefendants werepresent; si.ottheminpre~ trialdetention. Allalleged thattheyhadbeentortured during interrogation. Muhtullah Abbas\o§ull~rl handedovertothecourta~rltt~n statemer,t 10'Iot,icnhegaveadeta'ilti'd account oftorture he!oufft!red CltIzmlr h:lllC~AJ44/962 8/21387 En9"lish Page9 I••~ Digitized by Dag Hammarskjöld LibraryN44/962 s/ 21347 En9lish Page 10 "l'JEet that the el...rtc shoclis s.arced- t eas suspendcd n.ked bt t I an s snd so'echtn9 !a! fr.r€J .o ny penis. I tuddenly teit a hotttbte pzir. And only renenbcr ti.re t 'as junpinE. t tainted. Uhen I regtncd conscjousress 1 lound.nrselt lyinE on ny back 6nd.his t)ne thev aPPl)e: the aortute ao nv nippics, tny snall Eoe.nd s,oa)) tinger. This.enc oi far sone rjl'e durtni'thich I lainted sev€tal ti'€s. To esctPe f'.Jraher tortu!' l tEr{ed .o slior' rh€n an orraniaetionzl !)at, .lthovgi I did noa knou of ar'\' tL.t be)ongine Eo Ehe ortanization. Ey ain u.5 to tea btc.ahint tiae ln hi3 patition to the couit luhtull!h Abbas106ullrrr' turther stat€c thst, follotvlng two unsuacessf!l a!tetnpts to di3cover such d tlat' tortur€ ras i ncreased. He conti nu€d: "The officers attacked De.ljke hu''Srv eo)ve'. 7 srarred ro be-Ire!€ .hac sb€)' vere Boinl to *ill n.. I had .o nake ts choice betveen i\Ic 6r! death. t eould hsve kitted lrtvs.), if t htd had the oPPortunit).. Fin;jjr l eccused ttv brother Pata of beine br suPcrlot rn .he orstntzEt ion tr'6jrlr:! his nane 1 esctPed dealh " In cour! lluhlull6h Abblstooull.rr.dnitted thot he h.d distribule6 th! leltlets r/ith Ali Kortm.:, but deniad b€ing . m€fibcr of.ny illcgal organi:ation. 6. !!.s-.9e$.!-!e!.s.!lr Tlrlay yr! the only Councll ol EtroPa |nctnb.r 5t!te th6t aal't'lad out