Item 33 - Observations of the Turkish Government on the applicant's claims under Art. 50 of the Convention/Letters re: Government representation at hearing

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Documents from the Turkish Government forwarded by Paul Mahoney, Deputy Registrar, European Court of Human Rights, to Kevin Boyle and Françoise Hampson pertaining to the Şükran Aydın case, including the Government's response to the applicant's claims for just satisfaction. 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. Also forwarded is a list of persons who will be appearing in front of the Court on behalf of the Government at the 22 January 1997 hearings in the Menteş and others and Şükran Aydın cases.

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