Amnesty International has learnt that Fesih Çardak was detained by police after a raid on a house where he was staying on 5 September 1999. He was brought before a state security court on 15 September 1999 and formally charged. Abdurrahman Türk, the owner of the house, was also detained, together with his wife Bedriye Torlak, daughter Özlem Türk, and guests Serap Sünbül and her mother. Ozlem Türk and Serap Sünbül’s mother were later released but the others were formally charged.
