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Published report (2 copies) of the European Commission of Human Rights on the Dulaş case (A44/43/1/25), which expressed the opinion (unanimously) that there had been violations of Articles 3, 8, 13, and Article 1 of Protocol No. 1 of the European Convention on Human Rights, that the Turkish Government failed to comply with its obligations under former Article 25 § 1 of the Convention; and that no violations of Article 2, 5, 14, or 18 had occurred. The full report is available for viewing at https://hudoc.echr.coe.int/eng?i=001-46210

Published report of the European Commission of Human Rights on the Dulaş case, which expressed the opinion (unanimously) that there had been violations of Articles 3, 8, 13, and Article 1 of Protocol No. 1 of the European Convention on Human Rights, that the Turkish Government failed to comply with its obligations under former Article 25 § 1 of the Convention; and that no violations of Article 2, 5, 14, or 18 had occurred. The full report is available for viewing at https://hudoc.echr.coe.int/eng?i=001-46210

Memorial of the applicant in the Ekinci case submitted to the European Court of Human Rights, including the applicant's claims for just satisfaction. Attached are schedules of pecuniary and non-pecuniary damages, schedules of legal fees and expenses incurred, and appendices including: English translations of newspapers articles covering the murder of Yusuf Ekinci directly; English translation of letters and petitions given by Ülkü Ekinci and Tarık Ziya Ekinci (Yusuf's brother) to various Government bodies regarding Yusuf's murder and the subsequent investigation; and translations of excerpts from the National Intelligence Organisation’s (MİT) report investigating the Susurluk scandal which mentioned Yusuf Ekinci's death as being committed by State agents.

Summary/working notes (presumably written by Bill Bowring) of the 31 October 1996 observations of the Turkish Government on the application of Abdurrahman Çelikbilek, followed by the author's questions raised in light of the observations. The document was written to be sent to the Kurdish Human Rights Project. The author asks about the location of the applicant, who was last heard to have disappeared over the summer of 1996, and asks for a new statement from the applicant (if he can be located) addressing the witness statement he made to the public prosecutor as well as from Aynur Çelikbilek, widow of Abdulkadir Çelikbilek.

Application and attached appendices (with English translations) of Feyzullah Aytekin submitted 22 August 1995 to the European Commission of Human Rights regarding the killing of his brother, Ali Rıza Aytekin. Feyzullah Aytekin was originally attached to the initial application of Gülten Aytekin regarding Ali Rıza Aytekin's death but was unable to submit a power of attorney form at the time. He later submitted this separate application regarding the same incident. Documents submitted on behalf of this application were later approved to be considered with Gülten Aytekin's application with Kevin Boyle's approval, and application number 29362/95 was annulled on 9 May 1997. Documents appended to the application include witness statements from the applicant and his family, newspaper articles covering the incident, the death report, and the burial certificate, as well as materials pertaining to the Aytekinler Construction and Trading and Industry Company Ltd. owned by Ali Rıza Aytekin.

Replies of the applicant to the observations of the Turkish Government (A44/43/1/22/4/2) in the Çetin case. The reply states that the Government has failed to address the applicant's complaint or establish any ground of inadmissibility and has failed to respond in any concrete way to his complaints concerning the destruction of his village and his property.

Published report of the European Commission of Human Rights on the Akkoç case (A44/43/1/3), which declared the application admissible and expressed the opinion that: there had been a violation of Article 10 of the Convention (unanimously), that there had been a violation of Article 2 of the Convention (unanimously), that there had been a violation of Article 13 of the Convention (27 votes to 2), that no separate issue arose under Article 14 of the Convention (unanimously), that there had been no violation of Article 1 of Protocol No. 1 (unanimously), that there had been a violation of Article 3 of the Convention (unanimously), that there had been no violation of Article 18 of the Convention (unanimously) and that Turkey had failed to comply with its obligations under former Article 25 of the Convention. The full report is available for viewing at https://hudoc.echr.coe.int/eng?i=001-46171

Published report of the European Commission of Human Rights on the Şükran Aydın case, which declared the application admissible and expressed the opinion that: there had been a violation of Article 3 of the Convention (26 votes to 1), that there had been a violation of Article 6 paragraph 8 of the Convention (19 votes to 8), that no separate issue arises under Article 13 of the Convention (19 votes to 8), and that Turkey had failed to comply with its obligations under former Article 25 of the Convention (25 votes to 2). The report is available for viewing at https://hudoc.echr.coe.int/fre?i=001-45806

Published report of the European Commission of Human Rights on the Selçuk and Asker case (A44/43/1/53), which concluded that there had been a violation of Article 8 and of Article 1 of Protocol No. 1 of the European Convention on Human Rights (unanimously), that there had been a violation of Article 3 of the Convention (27 votes to 1), that there had been no violations of Article 2, 5 paragraph 1, 14, and 18 of the Convention (unanimously), and that there had been violations of Article 6 paragraph 1 and 13 (26 votes to 2) of the Convention. (3 copies)
The full report is available for viewing at https://hudoc.echr.coe.int/eng?i=001-45779

Application of Abdurrahman Çelikbilek submitted to the European Commission of Human Rights to pursue a case against Turkey regarding the December 1994 killing of his brother, Abdulkadir Çelikbilek. Includes the statement of the applicant and his letter of legal authorisation, plus a draft copy of the application text.