12.  The applicant lived in the Çelebi hamlet of the Arıklı village of the Lice district in the province of Diyarbakır. In April 1994, security forces burned down the applicant's house, along with the other houses and forced the evacuation on the entire hamlet. The applicant then settled in Arıklı and his son Vahdettin Haran in Lice. 13.  On 12 May 1994 Vahdettin went to Arıklı in order to help the applicant to prune grapes in his vineyard. The gendarmes and soldiers arrived at the village and convened all the villagers in the schoolyard. They then started to burn the houses. At about 11 a.m., as houses were still being burned, the applicant heard the sound of gunfire coming from his vineyard. 14.  In the evening villagers who came from the direction of the vineyard said that the gendarmes had taken someone away with them and gone towards Lice. The applicant feared that this might have been his son.
On the morning of the following day, 13 May 1994, the applicant sent his other children to the vineyard, where the body of Vahdettin was found dead. 15.  Later on 13 May 1994 the applicant went to Lice and reported the killing of his son to the Public Prosecutor. The Public Prosecutor told the applicant that he would not be able to come to the village as it would be too dangerous for him, but that an autopsy would be carried out if the body could be brought to Lice. The applicant took the body of his son to Lice and an autopsy was conducted by the Public Prosecutor. The applicant was not given any information or any document pertaining to the autopsy. 16.  The applicant, with the authorisation of the Public Prosecutor, took his son's body and buried him in the village. 17.  On 12 May 1994, an official autopsy was conducted on the body of Vahdettin Haran. The autopsy report indicated that the death was caused by shattering of internal organs by bullets. 18.  On 6 June 1994, the Public Prosecutor of Lice initiated a preliminary investigation into the circumstances surrounding the death. The Court was not informed of the outcome of the investigation.