4.  On 18 August and 16 September 1987 and 16 May 1990 the applicant concluded three contracts with the General Directorate for Water and Infrastructure (İSKİ) (“the General Directorate”) and undertook the construction of parts of the water infrastructure in İstanbul. 5.  Subsequent to the failure of the General Directorate to pay the applicant the relevant fees, on 10 October 1995 the applicant filed an action with the 4th Chamber of the Istanbul Commercial Court and requested the court to order the payment of 10,279,231,935 Turkish liras (TRL), alleging that the General Directorate had failed to comply with the contract of 16 May 1990. 6.  In 1999 the General Directorate filed a cross-action with the 7th Chamber of İstanbul Commercial Court requesting a sum of TRL 7,650,721,062, claiming that this sum had been overpaid to the applicant. 7.  On an unspecified date, the 7th Chamber of İstanbul Commercial Court decided that the case before it should be joined with the case before the 4th Chamber of the same court. 8.  On 14 July 1999 the 4th Chamber of İstanbul Commercial Court requested the 7th Chamber of the same court to submit the file of a case (file no. 1999/724) which was related to the case before it. 9.  Between 14 July 1999 and 3 November 2000 the 4th Chamber of İstanbul Commercial Court repeatedly requested the 7th Chamber to send the aforementioned file. 10.  On 3 November 2000 a copy of the file no. 1999/724 was submitted to the 4th Chamber of the İstanbul Commercial Court by the applicant. 11.  On the same day the first-instance court awarded the applicant the claim in full, plus interest at the rediscount rate, running from the date of lodging of the case. The court dismissed the General Directorate’s cross‑action. 12.  On 14 January 2002 the Court of Cassation upheld the judgment of the first-instance court. 13.  On 23 October 2002 the Court of Cassation dismissed the request for rectification of decision.