Published judgment in the Akkum and others case (A44/43/1/4). The European Court of Human Rights ruled on 24 March 2005 that Articles 2, 3, and 13 of the European Convention on Human Rights had been violated. The full judgment is available for viewing at https://hudoc.echr.coe.int/?i=001-68601
Published judgment in the Zeki Aksoy case (A44/43/1/5). On 18 December 1996, the Court ruled eight votes to one that there had been violations of Articles 3, 5, 6, 13, and 25 of the European Convention on Human Rights, and awarded Aksoy's father 4,283,450,000 lira in pecuniary and non-pecuniary damages, and £20,710 sterling (less 12,515 French francs awarded in legal aid). A full copy of the judgment is available for viewing at https://hudoc.echr.coe.int/?i=001-62563
English translation of the Memorial of the Turkish Government in the Aksoy case (A44/43/1/5) submitted to the European Court of Human Rights, asking for a dismissal of the case due to the lack of exhaustion of domestic remedies, and stating that no articles of the European Convention on Human Rights have been violated.
Published judgment in the Abdullah Altun case (A44/43/1/7). The Court ruled unanimously that there had been violations of Articles 3, 8, 13, and Article 1 of Protocol 1, of the European Convention on Human Rights, and awarded Altun €51,500 in damages, costs, and expenses. A full copy of the judgment is available for viewing at https://hudoc.echr.coe.int/?i=001-61796
Published judgment in the Behçet Avşar case (A44/43/1/11). On 27 March 2003, the European Court of Human Rights ruled by 6 votes to 1 that there had been violations of Articles 2 and 13 of the European Convention on Human Rights. Şerif Avşar’s widow and children were awarded £40,000 in pecuniary damages and £20,000 in on-pecuniary damages, while Behçet Avşar was awarded £2,500 in non-pecuniary damages and £17,320 in costs and expenses. The full judgment is available for viewing at https://hudoc.echr.coe.int/?i=001-59562
Published judgment in the Ahmet Ayder and others case (A44/43/1/12). On 27 March 2003, the European Court of Human Rights unanimously ruled that there had been violations of Articles 3, 8 and 13 and Article 1 of Protocol No. 1 of the European Convention on Human Rights. Pecuniary costs were awarded as follows:
(i) €26,144.90 to Ahmet Ayder;
(ii) €20,239.70 to Yusuf Lalealp;
(iii) €20,239.70 to Nadir Doman;
(iv) €26,239.70 to Şevket Biçer;
(v) €20,144.90 to Zeydin Ekmekçi.
Each applicant was also awarded €14,500 in non-pecuniary damages, and the applicants’ legal representatives were awarded €40,000 less €725 in legal aid.
The full judgment is available for viewing at https://hudoc.echr.coe.int/?i=001-61560
Memorial of the Turkish Government submitted to the European Court of Human Rights in the Şükran Aydın case, asking for a dismissal of the case as it claims that the applicant did not exhaust domestic remedies and abused the right of petition.
Memorial of the Turkish Government in the Şükran Aydın case submitted to the European Court of Human Rights, rejecting all claims that various articles of the European Convention on Human Rights were violated, claiming that the applicant did not exhaust the necessary domestic remedies and abused the right of petition, and requesting that the Court decide that case is 'manifestly ill-founded and is inadmissible'. The memorial is forwarded by a letter from Herbert Petzold, Registrar, European Court of Human Rights, to Kevin Boyle and Françoise Hampson.
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.
Request from the European Commission of Human Rights to bring the Şükran Aydın case before the European Court of Human Rights.