A/HRC/15/13 58. The United Arab Emirates highlighted Turkey’s achievements in the area of education, including making education free and compulsory for all children in public schools, and recognized endeavours to advance the educational system through a policy of equal opportunity. It made a recommendation. 59. Sweden welcomed efforts to improve prison conditions, voicing concerns about alleged torture, solitary confinement, inappropriate medical care and the holding of children in conditions not significantly different from those for adults, and requested further information in that regard. Referring to the reported detention of refugees and asylumseekers, Sweden sought information about initiatives to address such concerns. Sweden made recommendations. 60. India highlighted Turkey’s human rights reform process, including through nine constitutional reform packages, especially in the area of civil and political rights. India recalled UNCT’s concerns about the restrictive definition of minorities and sought further information in that regard. It encouraged Turkey to accelerate the establishment of a national human rights institution. 61. Senegal noted progress in terms of the school enrolment of girls and within the framework of the institutional and legislative promotion and protection of human rights. Noting continued efforts to appropriately address the problem, it stated that violence against women remained of concern. Senegal made recommendations. 62. Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) recognized Turkey’s efforts to guarantee the right to education, resulting in a 90 per cent primary school enrolment rate and drop-out rates below 1 per cent. Venezuela noted social subsidies provided to low-income families, conditioned on children’s school attendance, and attention to the enrolment of girls, particularly in rural areas. Venezuela made a recommendation. 63. The delegation of Turkey referred to its struggle against PKK, a terrorist organization internationally recognized as such, which was involved in drug and human trafficking and had been responsible for the deaths of 40,000 people. Turkey had worked not to sacrifice human rights in its fight against terrorism. It noted that difficulties had resulted from the lack of an international definition of terrorism. Turkey was determined to fight against torture and ill treatment, with a zero-tolerance policy, and was cooperating with all international monitoring bodies. The recommendations of CPT and CAT had been taken into account. Turkey had published all CPT reports since 2001. 64. A judgement adopted by the Court of Cassation in 2002 recognized torture as crime against humanity, and statements extracted under torture were not recognized as evidence. In 2008 and 2009, 50,000 law enforcement officials had received human rights training. A handbook on human rights and the taking of statements had been prepared. Thirty new statement-taking rooms had been established in line with international standards. 65. An initiative on riot control and the prohibition of disproportionate use of force had been carried out in 2009, disciplinary sanctions had been implemented, and a project on prevention was planned for 2011. 66. Relatives of suspects in custody, including for alleged terrorist crimes, were notified of the arrest by public prosecutors. Suspects had the right to gain access to a lawyer. This freedom could only be restricted for 24 hours by a judge’s decision for crimes of terrorism, and no statement could be taken without a lawyer’s presence. In 2008 and 2009, anti-terror departments of the police departments had been equipped with audio-visual recording systems in 44 provinces. There were no other official custody areas other than those belonging to the law enforcement forces. 9