Deaths in Cizre curfews: 59 applications against the Ministry of Interrior rejected

2019-11-29 10:28:43


	ŞIRNAK - 59 of the Ministry of Interior's pecuniary and non-pecuniary damages for deaths during the 79-day curfew in Cizre were rejected. Applicants were deemed 'members of illegal organizations' at the decisions, and 'the administration could not be attributed to any service defect' was said.

	Many of the investigations regarding the deaths during the 79 day curfew declared between 14 December 2015 and 2 March 2016 in Cizre district of Şırnak resulted in non-prosecution. In addition, many of the pecuniary and non-pecuniary damages filed with the Mardin Administrative Court regarding the deaths in question were rejected. 

	 

	 

	REJECTION TO 59 OF 81 APPLICATIONS

	 

	The lawyers of the Association of Libertarian Lawyers (ÖHP) applied to the Administrative Court of Mardin for pecuniary and non-pecuniary damages regarding the death of a total of 81 people. Some of the lawsuits filed after the applications were tried in court while some of them proceeded without trial. The court, which so far rejected 59 applications, has not yet finalized the remaining 22 applications. Lawyers carried all the decisions of the local court to the  Gaziantep Regional Court of Appeal.