Following the release of Forensic Medicine Institute report on bones discovered during the excavations in Saraykapý Ýç Kale area in Diyarbakýr, specially authorized Public Prosecutor has stopped the excavations in the area which was used as Jitem’s (Gendarmerie Intelligence and Anti-Terror Unit) interrogation and execution headquarter between the years of 1993 and 1999.

While 38 bone fragments and skulls were discovered during the excavations in Ýçkale area since 11 January, the bones were sent to the Forensic Medicine Institution of Istanbul for an examination. The report prepared by the Institution said that the human bones were a hundred years old and therefore couldn’t reveal any morphological identities.

The report revealed neither the cause of deaths nor the sex, age and identity information of the discovered human bones.

After the report was conveyed to specially authorized Public Prosecutor of Diyarbakýr, excavations in the area have been stopped by the Prosecution’s Office.