Situation during the visit A/HRC/33/51/Add.1 Measures taken/current situation Level of implementation and observations (to be completed by the WGEID) concerning enforced and involuntary disappearances has not changed. On the contrary, the armed conflicts have resumed on 24 July 2015 and the conflict zone has expanded in a way to include northern regions of Iraq and Syria. Another issue regarding disappearances is the problem of disappeared persons in Cyprus. Despite the efforts of civil society organisations and civil actors, no official steps were taken to solve the problem. Turkey is still struggling with the existence of [armed] groups within the state organisation acting as a tool for counterinsurgency. Such groups were involved in the disappearance incidents in the past. No necessary steps were taken for revealing and investigating these groups. Following the last visit of the Working Group, on 15 July 2016, there had been an attempt to stage coup d’état in Turkey. As is known, the State of Emergency (SoE) that was in effect in Turkey since July 21, 2016 was lifted on July 18, 2018. Nevertheless, Law No. 7145 on the Amendment of Some Laws and Emergency Decrees was adopted that would render the SoE permanent on July 25, 2018 by the Grand National Assembly of Turkey (GNAT). During the implementation of SoE, according to the information gathered by İHD, at least 30 persons were abducted and interrogated in unregistered detention centres under torture. In sum, the situation concerning enforced and involuntary disappearances has worsened year by year. JWF – IAHRA6 Geneva 6 Journalists and Writers Foundation (JWF) and International Association for Human Rights Advocacy (IAHRA) Geneva contacted forty-seven (47) victims of enforced disappearances or their family members in Turkey and outside of Turkey, to obtain information concerning the implementation by the Government of Turkey of the recommendations of the WGEID. Sixteen victims and their families reported first-hand information about enforced disappearances. Five (5) out of seven (7) victims or their family members currently in Turkey chose not to respond, out of fear of reprisals. Among those currently in Turkey who chose to respond to the questionnaire, one is a victim of enforced disappearance and one respondent is a close family member of a victim of recent enforced disappearance. Victims and family members of victims outside of Turkey, by contrast, enthusiastically expressed readiness to share information on the implementation of the recommendations. A/HRC/45/13/Add.4 8 Recommendations A/HRC/33/51/Add.1