KAYIPLAR AND OTHERS v. CYPRUS
Inadmissible
George Nicolaou;Guido Raimondi;Krzysztof Wojtyczek;Nona Tsotsoria;Päivi Hirvelä;Paul Mahoney
1. A list of the applicants is set out in the appendix. 2. 3. The applicants’ relatives, Aydin Ahmet and Bekir Ahmet, disappeared on 15 August 1974, along with 82 other men who were taken by Greek Cypriots from three villages, Taşkent (Tochni), Terazi and Tatlisu. Information known about this incident is set out in Cakicisoy and Others v Cyprus, no. 6523/12 (decision of 23 September 2014), which application was introduced by some 247 relatives of men who had disappeared also at this time. 4. The bodies of the applicants’ relatives were exhumed by the Committee on Missing Persons and their funerals took place on 22 June 2013. A forensic report indicates that the remains bore signs consistent with being hit by numerous bullets. 5. The Attorney-General launched an investigation into the circumstances of the missing 84 men on 27 October 2005. The details of the investigation which is still pending are set out in the above-mentioned Cakicisoy and Others decision (see paragraphs 14-20). 6. See the case-law set out in Cakicisoy and Others v Cyprus (cited above), at paragraphs 28-29.