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d) Search with consent report concerning Mr Elçi's office
487. This report stated that Mr Elçi's office was searched on
23 November 1993 at 10.30 a.m. with his consent, a large number of
documents being seized for further examination. Mr Elçi indicated that no
loss or damage had occurred as a result of the search.
e) Search with consent and confiscation report concerning the house of
Sebahattim Acar
488. Gendarmes and police officer searched Mr Acar's house on
15 November 1993. The report was made up and signed at 11.30 p.m. It
described the seizure of various documents, including those entitled “The
paths and tasks of the Turkish Revolution”, “Thoughts on the PKK”,
“Kurdistan under fire” and several publications by or concerning Abdullah
Öcalan, such as “Facism and the PKK resistance” and “Questions of
socialism and revolution”.
f) Undisputed search report of the home of Mehmet Selim Kurbanoğlu
489. The report noted the search of Mr Kurbanoğlu's home on 20
November 1993, during which nothing incriminating was found.
g) Disputed search report of the home of Mehmet Selim Kurbanoğlu
490. The report again recorded the search of Mr Kurbanoğlu's home on
20 November 1993, during which a note was found with an “ERNK” stamp
on it.
h) Disputed report on the taking into custody and personal search of
Meral Danis Beştaş and Mesut Beştaş
491. The report noted that a Kurdish leaflet entitled “BANG” from the
“YRWK” (the intellectuals' wing of the PKK) was found on Meral Danis
Beştaş and an “ERNK” document was found on Mesut Beştaş.
i) Disputed report on the taking into custody and personal search of Arif
Alltinkalem
492. It was recorded that an “ERNK” receipt was found on
Mr Altinkalem.