GÜLEÇ JUDGMENT OF 27 JULY 1998 4 13. On 20 January 1993 Mr Güleç’s lawyer wrote to the Chairman of İdil District Administrative Council enquiring what had been done about the applicant’s complaint. On 3 March 1993 the Şırnak Provincial Authority sent the applicant’s lawyer copies of the discontinuation order of 18 October 1991 and the Supreme Administrative Court’s judgment of 13 November 1991. B. The evidence before the Commission 1. Documentary evidence 14. The applicant and the respondent Government submitted various documents relating to the investigation carried out after the death of Ahmet Güleç to identify those responsible. They also produced documents relating to the criminal proceedings brought against persons who were suspected of taking part in the demonstration. (a) The criminal complaint lodged by the applicant on 5 April 1991 with the İdil public prosecutor’s office 15. The applicant alleged that his son had been shot and killed by the security forces in the course of the incidents of 4 March 1991. He stated that eyewitnesses had seen the killing and asked that the gendarmes who had killed his son be identified. (b) Petition lodged with the İdil public prosecutor’s office by four local councillors and eight leading members of the İdil branches of various political parties 16. The petitioners, who had all witnessed these events, alleged that during an unauthorised demonstration the gendarmes had opened fire on unarmed demonstrators. Two people had been killed and more than twenty wounded. The gendarmerie commander had given the order to fire at will on unarmed people. In particular, the local councillors, who had been in a meeting in the district authority offices, had seen the security forces opening fire on young people. One senior-high-school pupil had been killed and others wounded in the shooting. The petition stated that the gendarmerie had acted without reference to the District Commissioner, the public prosecutor or the police. The signatories requested the public prosecutor to take the necessary steps to bring those responsible to justice.