File 1 - Correspondence

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Correspondence authored, received, and/or compiled by Kevin Boyle, Aisling Reidy, and Françoise Hampson pertaining to the Aranacak and Matyar application/Matyar case. The correspondence is with the European Commission of Human Rights, the European Court of Human Rights, and the Kurdish Human Rights Project. Notable items within this correspondence accessible to the public include: letters which accompanied documents and observations submitted on behalf of the applicants; requests on behalf of the applicant for extensions of document submission deadlines; Michelle Morris’ letter of 24 January 1994 introducing the application; Boyle and Hampson’s letter of 30 May 1995 informing the Commission that Mehmet Safi Aranacak’s wife wishes to continue with the application on his behalf but they have been unable to obtain a written statement saying so; Boyle letter of 26 February 1996 informing that they will be unable to furnish a letter of authorisation from Mrs Aranacak; the 12 October 1998 statement of Matyar’s Turkish lawyers Metin Kılavuz and Ayla Akat regarding the applicant’s refuting of photographs the Government used to claim that Matyar’s house was not damaged; and İzzet Matyar’s statement of 28 October 1998 alleging that he had been threatened because of applying to the Commission and that his statement of 30 September 1994 in which he stated his house and crops were not burnt was made under duress.

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