Turkey loses another case
08.07.2002 02:12
Turkey loses another case at the European Court of Human Rights
Publisher: KurdishMedia.com By: Robin Kurd Posted: 2002-06-24
London - The European Court of Human Rights has decided that Turkey pay
compensation to relatives of Kurdish villagers who disappeared after a
raid on a village by the Turkish army in 1994. Turkey is to pay 150
thousand euros in compensation.
On the 6th of May 1994, the Turkish army raided the village of Adrok
(Deveboyu) near the city of Amed. During the raid all villagers were
given an hour to collect their belongings before their village was to be
burned down.
Salih Orhan, who took the Turkish state to the court, told in his
statement that after the order, the soldiers burned down the whole
village, including his own house. The next day, the two brothers of
Salih Orhan, Selim and Hasan Orhan, and his son Cezayir Orhan and other
villagers, asked the Kulp Gendarme Headquarters for permission to stay
in the village until the end of the harvest season. The Gendarme
Headquarters accepted the request and allowed some families to return to
the destroyed village. On the 24th of May, Selim, Hasan and Cezayir
Orhan were detained by soldiers and were last seen alive in the
Gumussuyu arrest house. Since than no one has heard from the three
members of the Orhan family.
The court decided that Turkey had violated Orhan family's right to life
and freedom, protection of property, protection against torture and the
right to privacy. Thus, through its actions, Turkey had breached
articles 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 14, 34 and 1st Protocol's 1st article of the
European Convention of Human Rights. The prosecutors of the court also
put emphasis on the superficial approach of Turkey throughout the trial.
The prosecutors found no reason for the destruction of the houses.
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