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English translations of the statements of the applicants in the Akdeniz and others case given during December 1993 and January 1994 to the Kurdish Litigation Project via the Diyarbakır Branch of the Human Rights Association.

Statements of Abdurrezak İpek and his domestic lawyers recapitulating his version of the events of 18 May 1994 in Türeli and other details pertinent to his application in response to questions from the European Court of Human Rights.

Documents submitted as appendices to the original application submitted on 30 July 1993.

Materials pertaining to the applicant's claims for just satisfaction in the Mehmet Haran case under Article 41 of the European Convention on Human Rights. These include: 1) the claims for just satisfaction submitted to the European Court of Human Rights on 2 July 2000 including the schedules of damages and legal fees claimed by the Essex team; 2) schedules of legal fees claimed by the Kurdish Human Rights Project submitted on 3 July 2000; 3) further information submitted to the Court on 14 July 2000 including Kudret Haran's statement of 13 July 2000 detailing her detention and torture by Turkish police as a result of her having testified before the Commission with regards to this case, and an updated schedule of damages

Letters from Reyhan Yalçındağ, local representative of the applicants, to Helen Balami, Kurdish Litigation Project, University of Essex, providing the applicants' bank account information into which the funds awarded in the judgment should be deposited.

Correspondence and documentation pertaining to Sedat Aslantaş's claims for just satisfaction awarded in his case.

Materials pertaining to the applicants' claims for just satisfaction in the Demir and Yaşa cases submitted to the European Court of Human Rights. The materials include: 1) and 2): statements and lists of damages provided by Mahmut Demir and Sıddık Yaşa itemising their losses; 3) the 20 June 2000 version of the applicants' claims for just satisfaction in the Demir and Yaşa cases submitted to the Court, including schedules of pecuniary and non-pecuniary damages sought and a schedule of legal fees and costs sought; 4) the 24 November 2000 observations of the Turkish Government on the applicants' claims which deems the claims excessive and attaching domestic decisions showing compensation awarded in similar instances; 5) an updated statement and schedule of pecuniary damages provided by Mahmut Demir on 13 December 2000; 6) faxed correspondence from Clara Sandoval and Karen Hulme, University of Essex, to the European Commission of Human Rights, Maria Jesus Demir, and other third parties regarding the updated schedule of pecuniary damages for Demir, including an English version of the new schedule.

Applicants' claims for just satisfaction in the İkincisoy case under Article 41 of the European Convention on Human Rights (submitted 22 January 2002), including schedules of pecuniary and non-pecuniary damages, and of legal costs and fees.

Applicant's claims for just satisfaction in the in the Şükran Aydın case, including schedules of pecuniary and non-pecuniary and legal fees and costs, plus the applicant's response to the Turkish Government's observations regarding the intimidation of the applicant (A44/43/1/14/2/5/21), stating that since no medical knowledge can be gained from having Aydın submit to another examination over three years after the incident, the request for an examination must have been made for another purpose. The response also notes that the Commission has already stated in its opinion that Turkey has failed to comply with its obligations under Article 25 paragraph 1 of the Convention yet persists in its interference with the applicant. An attached letter notes that Aydın is willing to have all materials pertaining to the memorials in the case mentioned in the letter of 29 November 1996 made public.

Comments and submission submitted by the applicants to the European Commission of Human Rights on 20 December 1995 in response to the Commission’s invitation to comment on the Turkish Government’s submission of 27 November 1995. Includes:
1) Letter from Françoise Hampson to H.C. Krüger, Secretary to the European Commission of Human Rights, containing comments and enclosing the subsequent documents. Hampson notes the prolonged delays thus far in the openings of proceedings in Turkey against the gendarmes involved in the incident, and states that the applicants submit that it would be inappropriate to extend the adjournment of the case any further (20 December 1995, 3pp);
2) Statement of Rabia Karakoç via lawyer Mahmut Şakar, stating that there has been no progress over the past 2 years in prosecuting those responsible for her son’s death, that the Government has put no effort in finding the perpetrators, and her living situation continues to deteriorate with no help from the Government (in Turkish with English translation, 14 October 1994, 2pp);
3) Translation of a statement from Hüseyin Akan via lawyer Mahmut Şakar, stating that there has been no progress over the past 2 years in prosecuting those responsible for his brother’s death, that the Government has put no effort in finding the perpetrators (13 October 1994, 1p);
4) Translation of a statement from Abdurrahman Karakoç (brother of Derviş Karakoç), in which he states that that at no time had the Prosecutor contacted her or his mother, that his mother has been pressured into saying that guerrillas were responsible for killing but she refused, and that the only document she has signed is a request for an autopsy. (14 April 1995, 1p).