ABSTRACT

Mr Muharrem Ergi brought the application on his own behalf, on behalf of his deceased sister, Havva Ergi, and her young daughter. It concerned complaints relating to an incident on 29 September 1993 in which Havva Ergi was killed. The applicant complained that she had been killed by the security forces and that there had not been an effective investigation. The facts in this case were disputed by the Government. Comm found unanimously V 2 on account of the planning and conduct of the security forces’ operation and the failure to carry out an effective investigation into the death of the applicant’s sister, no separate issue under 8, (22-9) no separate issue under 13, unanimously NV 14 or 18, (30-1) Turkey had failed to comply with its obligations under 25.