A/HRC/22/45 Turkey Number of outstanding cases at the beginning of the period under review 60 Cases transmitted to the Government during the period under review: 0 Cases clarified during the period under review: 0 Cases sent under Cases sent the urgent action under the procedure standard procedure Government 0 0 0 Non-governmental sources Number of outstanding cases at the end of the year under review 0 60 Number of cases on which Multiple replies on some cases the Government has replied Number of cases of possible clarification by Government (6-month rule) 25 4 Yes Urgent appeal N/A Government response N/A General allegation N/A Government response N/A Prompt intervention letter Yes (2011, 2012) Government response Yes Working Group request for a visit N/A Invitation extended N/A Prompt intervention 484. On 9 August 2012, the Working Group, jointly with five other special procedures mechanisms, transmitted a prompt intervention letter to the Government concerning the alleged detention and trial of Mr. Cemal Bektas, president of Yakay-der, an organization which works to clarify the circumstances of enforced disappearances and extrajudicial executions in Turkey and a member association of the Euro-Mediterranean Federation Against Enforced Disappearances (FEMED). Information from the Government 485. The Government transmitted four communications to the Working Group. 486. In the first communication, dated 13 December 2011, the Government replied to a prompt intervention letter transmitted by the Working Group jointly with two other special procedures mechanisms, on 28 October 2011, regarding the alleged arrests of representatives of member associations of the Euro-Mediterranean Federation Against Enforced Disappearances (FEMED), Messrs. Kemal Aydin, Selahattin Tekin and Cemal Bektas from Yakay-der, and Ms. Nahide Ormani from Mothers for Peace (A/HRC/19/58/Rev.1, par. 598). The Government reported that the aforementioned individuals were arrested for illegal activities falling within the scope of the investigation of a terrorist organisation known as the PKK/KCK. The Government further reported that, in 2007, the Diyarbakir Chief Public Prosecutor‘s Office initiated an investigation (number 20007/997) to transcribe the activities of the so-called Koma Civaken Kurdistan Parliament of Turkey (KCK/TM) that operates as the urban wing of the illegal PKK/KONGRA-GEL terrorist organization. In relation to Messrs. Aydin, Tekin and Bektas, the Government reported that they did have the opportunity to be assisted by lawyers and their relatives were informed about their situation; and that none of them lodged a complaint against any law enforcement officers involved in the investigation process. Regarding Ms. Ormani, the Government reported that she was taken into custody after her home was searched upon the instruction of Silopi Chief Public Prosecutor‘s Office; she was detained for 48 hours upon the written instruction of the Prosecutor‘s office; a member of her family was informed during the search of her home; she was assisted by her lawyer while in custody; she 116