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Second portion of Annex 1 to the memorial of the Turkish Government in the Akdivar and others case submitted to the European Court of Human Rights, containing judgment summaries of 26 cases pertaining to compensation claims against the Government with regard to disappeared relatives and/or destroyed property. Case summaries in English; table of contents in French.

Annex 1 to the memorial of the Turkish Government in the Akdivar and others case submitted to the European Court of Human Rights. The annexes contain judgment summaries of cases pertaining to compensation claims against the Government at various levels of court with regard to disappeared relatives and/or destroyed property. Case summaries in Turkish; table of contents in French.

Paper note stating, 'See Annexe 4 of Nebahat Akkoç's Application'.

4 signed statements made by Nebahat Akkoç (in Turkish, translated into English) about the detention of herself and 10 other teachers who were members of the Eğit-Sen trade union on 27 October 1992; and the murder of her husband, Zübeyir Akkoç, also a teacher involved in the Eğit-Sen trade union, killed on 13 January 1993. Nebahat states that she had made an appointment with the National Education Director to discuss attacks on union members and the exile of 40 members of the union into other regions of Turkey. She writes about the public harassment of teachers by the police ('the police were openly saying, "all these teachers are terrorists, it is necessary to know them well'). She notes in her final statement of 27 October 1993 that there has been no progress in her husband's murder case and that she has now retired from teaching in part due to the cessation of her pension.

Copy of letter (in Turkish, translated into English) sent to the National Education Directorate by the Republic of Turkey Pension Treasury General Directorate regarding non-payment of cash compensation stating that Nebahat Akkoç receipt of pension on the death of her husband has been halted as there is no official explanation as the cause of his death. The General Directorate asks for: an explanation as to on what basis the application is made for the arrangement of a pension for Nebahat and her children; a certified document as to whether cash compensation has been paid to Zübeyir Akkoç, and a court decision as to whether 'the above-named was not killed in a a personal attack but was killed as a result of terrorist actions intended to intimidate State Forces', of the Indictment of the Prosecution is it is not finished.

Copy of letter (in Turkish, translated into English) from Nebahat Akkoç to Eric Lubbock, 4th Baron Avebury, and Kerim Yıldız of the Kurdish Human Rights Project. Akkoç details the abuse and attacks experienced by herself and her fellow teachers. She notes that 'the application we made to your foundation is a reason for threats in itself. For this reason there are few applications.'

Paper note stating, 'See Annexe 13 of Nebahat Akkoç's Application'.

Paper note stating, 'See Annexe 12 of Nebahat Akkoç's Application'.

Excerpts from 3 Amnesty International reports published on human rights violations in Turkey during 1992 and 1993. Reports include ‘Turkey – Escalation in Human Rights Abuses Against Kurdish Villagers’ (July 1993), ‘Turkey’ (1993), and ‘Turkey – Torture, Extra-Judicial Executions, “Disappearances”’ (May 1992). An originally included fourth excerpt from Info-Turk No. 198 (April 1993) is listed by Hampson as having been moved to Annexe 9(c) of Nebahat Akkoç’s application.

Paper note stating, 'See Annexe 11 of Nebahat Akkoç's Application'.