Awaiting Forensic Medical report
The Forensic Medical Institution did not send a required report Thursday. The court has been awaiting the report from the Institution for the last three months. The hearing was postponed to April 14.
"I am determined to continue this fight despite threats to my life security," said Mehmet Desde.
The Istanbul Forensic Medical Institution will say in a report whether the findings of the Forensic Medical Institution of the Ege University and the Izmir Doctors' Chamber are correct and whether or not they are a result of torture. The Institution will then send the report to the court.
Torture allegations
The charges against the pour policemen, accused with torturing Mehmet Desde at the Bozkaya Anti-Terrorism Unit on July 9-13 when he was under detention, are based on article no: 243/1 of the Turkish Penal Code.
The trial against Muhtesem Cavusoglu, the former head of the Izmir Police Headquarters, Anti-Terrorism Unit, Mesut Angi, Alim Ercetin and Hurriyet Gunduz had begun on October 2, 2003. (EO/BB/EA/YE)
