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- 1994-1999
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Materials pertaining to the case that was to be files by Resit Melik against the Republic of Turkey with the European Commission of Human Rights (referred to internally within the Kurdish Litigation Project as Case 166 and assigned to Tony Fisher as lead) regarding the 2 June 1994 killing of his son, local Democracy Party (DEP) district leader Muhsin Melik, by ‘unknown perpetrators’ (strongly suggesting involvement of state security forces) as he was leaving his home in Şanlıurfa. Muhsin Melik’s driver was also killed in the incident. On his deathbed, Muhsin Melik implicated the police in his killing. Although a partially completed application was submitted to the Commission on 2 December 1994, the application was never fully registered. Materials in the file include the partially completed application including the statement of the applicant and newspaper articles covering the incident; and 1996-1999 correspondence between Tony Fisher, the Essex team, and the Kurdish Human Rights Project regarding the state of the application and the decision to pursue or not pursue the case.
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Turkish