ABSTRACT
The applicant, Mrs Koçeri Kurt, brought her application on behalf of herself and her son, Üzeyir Kurt. On 30 November 1993, she complained to the public prosecutor that her son had been taken into custody following a clash between the gendarmes and the PKK in her village and that she was concerned about his fate. Following an inquiry from the public prosecutor, the district gendarmerie stated that her son had not been taken into custody and that he may have been kidnapped by the PKK. The applicant made a further request for information about her son. She complained to the commission that he had been taken into custody and subsequently disappeared. Comm found unanimously V 5 in respect of the disappearance of the applicant’s son, by majority (19-5) V 3 in respect of the applicant, unanimously not necessary to examine separately 2 and 3 in relation to the applicant’s son, V 13, NV 14, NV 18, Turkey had failed to comply with its obligations under 25(1).
