Sub-sub-series 5 - Zeki Aksoy

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Materials pertaining to the case filed by Mehmet Zeki Aksoy against the Republic of Turkey with the European Commission of Human Rights (application number 21987/93; later European Court of Human Rights case 100/1995/606/694; referred to internally within the Kurdish Litigation Project as Case 33 and assigned to Françoise Hampson as lead). Aksoy (1963-1994), of Kiziltepe, Mardin province, had filed the application after being taken into custody in late November 1992 by Turkish security forces on suspicion of being a member of the PKK (Kurdistan Workers' Party). During his incarceration, Aksoy was allegedly subjected to four days of torture, including beatings and electrocution, resulting in paralysis of both arms caused by nerve damage in the upper arms. Aksoy was shot dead on 16 April 1994, which his representatives claim was a direct result of persisting with his application to the Commission. Aksoy's father, Şerif Aksoy, continued pursuit of the case after Aksoy's death. 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