4.  The applicant was born in 1970 and lives in İzmir. 5.  On 20 April 2000 the applicant was involved in a traffic accident which caused the death of his wife and resulted in bodily injuries to him. 6.  On 13 April 2001 the applicant, along with three others, lodged an action with the Banaz Civil Court of First Instance, requesting compensation for pecuniary and non-pecuniary damage which he had suffered as a result of the traffic accident. 7.  In the meantime, on 21 November 2002 the criminal proceedings which had been brought against the applicant before the Banaz Criminal Court concerning the same incident became final and the decision was submitted to the case file in question. 8.  At the hearing on 9 May 2003 the court ordered two separate expert opinions on the estimation of the applicant’s damage and compensation for loss of financial support. 9.  On 20 August 2003 and 8 October 2003 two expert reports were prepared. 10.  On 3 June 2004 the court commissioned another expert report. 11.  On 26 January 2005 the committee of experts requested further documents from the court. 12.  Upon the completion of shortcomings, on 8 September 2005 an expert report was submitted to the court. 13.  On 11 May 2005 the court ordered a supplementary report from the same committee at the request of the defendant, which was received on 16 February 2006. 14.  On 11 May 2006 the court partially granted the applicant’s request. It awarded the applicant 55,938 Turkish liras[1] (TRY) for pecuniary damage and TRY 1,500[2] for non-pecuniary damage, plus statutory interest running from the date of the event. 15.  On 16 January 2007 the judgment was served on the parties. 16.  The parties did not appeal against this judgment and it became final on 1 February 2007.