4.  The applicants were born in 1961, 1965, 1959, 1950, 1976, 1978 and 1979 respectively, and live in Mersin. 5.  On 6 July 1993 the General Directorate of National Roads and Highways expropriated a plot of land belonging to the applicants in Mersin in order to build a motorway. A committee of experts assessed the value of the plot of land and the relevant amount was paid to the applicants when the expropriation took place. 6.  Following the request of the applicants’ predecessor for increased compensation, on 14 July 1994 the Mersin Civil Court awarded him additional compensation of 463,140,750 Turkish liras (TRL), plus interest at the statutory rate, applicable at the date of the court’s decision, running from 6 July 1993, the date of the transfer of the title deeds to the land. 7.  On 26 October 1998 the Court of Cassation upheld the judgment. 8.  On 17 May 2000 the General Directorate of National Roads and Highways paid the applicants the amount of TRL 1,794,690,000, interest included.