Nineteen people are believed to be in unacknowledged, incommunicado police detention, presumably at the Anti-Terror Branch of Istanbul Police Headquarters. AI fears that they are being interrogated under torture. Five students were detained on 4 November 1992 in Istanbul after a house search by police; they are suspected of belonging to an illegal political organization. Scores of people were arrested on 6 November after police operations in various parts of Istanbul.
