4.  The applicant was born in 1967 and lives in Istanbul. 5.  In May 1992 he was taken into police custody on suspicion of membership of an illegal organisation and detained on remand. He was subsequently charged with carrying out activities for the purpose of bringing about the secession of part of the national territory under Article 125 of the Criminal Code and tried before the Diyarbakır State Security Court. 6.  On 8 December 1994 the applicant was released pending trial. 7.  On 30 March 1995 the first-instance court acquitted the applicant of the charges brought against him. 8.  On 29 February 1996 the Court of Cassation upheld the judgment of the Diyarbakır State Security Court. 9.  On 25 October 1996 the applicant filed an action for compensation with the Kartal Assize Court against the Treasury, pursuant to Law no. 466. The applicant requested a compensation of 2,000,000,000 Turkish liras (TRL) for his unjustified detention on remand. 10.  On 2 December 1996 the Kartal Assize Court requested the Diyarbakır State Security Court to send the documents pertaining to the criminal proceedings against the applicant. In particular, the first-instance court requested that the documents showing the date on which the judgment had become final be sent promptly in order to determine whether the applicant had filed his compensation claim within the statutory time-limit. 11.  Between 2 December 1996 and 30 November 1999 the Kartal Assize Court consistently requested the Diyarbakır State Security Court to send the aforementioned documents. 12.  On 10 November 1999 the Kartal Assize Court appointed an expert to calculate the pecuniary damage sustained by the applicant due to his deprivation of liberty. 13.  On 24 November 1999 the expert submitted his report concerning the amount of pecuniary damage. 14.  On 30 November 1999 the Kartal Assize Court awarded the applicant a certain amount of pecuniary and non-pecuniary damage to compensate the periods the applicant had spent in police custody and in detention on remand. 15.  The applicant and the Ministry of Treasury appealed against the judgment of the Kartal Assize Court. 16.  On 5 October 2000 the Court of Cassation held that the amount awarded to the applicant was too low and quashed the judgment of the first‑instance court. 17.  On 9 November 2000 the expert appointed by the first-instance court submitted a report concerning the amount of pecuniary damage the applicant sustained as a result of his deprivation of liberty. 18.  On 10 November 2000 the Kartal Assize Court awarded the applicant TRL 1,538,492,740 in respect of pecuniary and non‑pecuniary damage. 19.  The Ministry of Treasury appealed. 20.  On 5 April 2001 the Court of Cassation quashed the judgment of the first-instance court due to a procedural error. 21.  On 28 June 2001 the Kartal Assize Court once again awarded the applicant TRL 1,538,492,740. 22.  The Ministry of Treasury appealed. 23.  On 8 November 2001 the Court of Cassation upheld the judgment of the Kartal Assize Court.