20 August 2010
European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ordered Turkish government to pay 100 million 596 thousand Turkish Liras since 2004.
European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ordered Turkish government to pay 100 million 596 thousand Turkish Liras (52 million euros) in compensation of human rights violations between 2004-2009.
Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmad Davuoghlu said ECHR convicted Turkey of human rights violations in 1,686 of a total of 1,939 cases.
Twenty one percent of the cases resulted with convictions of violations of the right of fair trial while eighteen percent of the cases resulted with convictions of ill treatment.
Davudoghlu said according Turkey is the second leading country in list of countries with most cases in ECHR.
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