Communicated on 23 January 2014

SECOND SECTION

Application no. 36488/08
Tamer TANRIKULU against Turkey
lodged on 29 July 2008

STATEMENT OF FACTS

The applicant, Mr Tamer Tanrıkulu, is a Turkish national, who was born in 1983 and lives in Iğdır. He is represented before the Court by Mr B. Mugan, a lawyer practising in Ankara.

A. The circumstances of the case

The facts of the case, as submitted by the applicant, may be summarised as follows.

On 14 January 2005, while the applicant was a conscript soldier in the army, he fell headlong from the roof when he was mounting guard. Subsequently, he was treated in different civilian and military hospitals. According to a medical report, dated 4 May 2005, the applicant was diagnosed as suffering from left parietal craniotomy and was declared unfit for military service.

On 8 July 2005 the applicant applied to the Ministry of Defence and requested compensation in respect of his injury.

Following tacit dismissal of the claim by the administrative authorities, on 1 November 2005 the applicant initiated compensation proceedings before the Supreme Military Administrative Court, in respect of his health problem sustained during his military service. He requested 20,000 Turkish liras (TRY) (approximately 12,400 euros (EUR)[1]) in respect of pecuniary damage and the same sum in respect of non-pecuniary damage.

The expert report dated 4 October 2007 assessed the applicant’s pecuniary damage at TRY 58,384 (approximately EUR 36,260).

On 19 October 2007 the applicant asked the court to increase his initial