Item 20 - Case of Aydın v. Turkey (57/1996/676/866) Observations of the Turkish Government on the applicant's claims under Article 50

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Observations of Turkish Government on the claims of Şükran Aydın under Article 50 of the European Convention on Human Rights as submitted to the European Court of Human Rights, in which the Government requests the Court to dismiss all claims on the grounds that there is no substantiated violation and that the claims consist of unnecessary, excessive, and unverified expenses. The Government claims that the allegations have been voiced by the applicant's representatives and not by Şükran Aydın herself, and that this and other cases are being used to come to 'conclusions which will be exploited in support of the activities of the separatist terror organisation'. The Government also states that it is unlawful to pay Aydın's Turkish-based representatives as they do not bear any power of attorney, and that the Kurdish Human Rights Project also does not deserve payment as it did play a legal or procedural role in the proceedings.

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