4.  The applicant was born in 1927 and lives in Gaziantep. 5.  In 2000 the Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources (“the Ministry”) expropriated two plots of land belonging to the applicant (plot no. 247 in block no. 103 and plot no. 14 in block no. 130) in Erenköy village, Nizip, for the construction of the Birecik dam. 6.  On 23 May 2000 the applicant brought two separate actions before the Nizip Civil Court for additional compensation. 7.  On 22 and 25 December 2000 respectively the Nizip Civil Court awarded the applicant additional compensation plus interest at the statutory rate, running from 9 June 2000 (judgments nos. 2000/5137 and 2000/4790). 8.  On 9 July 2001 the Court of Cassation upheld the judgments of the first‑instance court. 9.  On 30 April 2003 the Ministry made a partial payment to the applicant, namely 23,449,000,000 Turkish liras (TRL)[1] for plot no. 247 and TRL 13,494,000,000[2] for plot no. 14. 10.  On 2 May 2003 the Birecik Execution Office issued a payment order to the Ministry where it informed the latter that it had an outstanding debt of TRL 3,073,350,480[3] for plot no. 247 and TRL 1,804,328,414[4] for plot no. 14. 11.  On 28 June 2007 the applicant’s representative sent a letter to the Ministry whereby he agreed to accept the calculations made by the administration for the discharge of its outstanding debt. 12.  On 8 July 2008 the Government informed the Court that they had not yet made any further payments to the applicant to discharge their outstanding debt.