The Kelekçi village destruction occurred in November 1992 in the Dicle district in Diyarbakır Province, Turkey.
In 1996 the family members of the village guard family successfully had their case ruled in their favor, which "confirmed that Turkish security forces were indeed guilty of house destruction", a later judgment ruled and thus warded the villagers "pecuniary damages for destruction of the houses, livestock and crops, household property, loss of income, and cost of alternative accommodation, totaling £115,062.76 (U.S$188,702).
Each applicant also received £8,000 (U.S.$13,120) in non-pecuniary damages for the emotional trauma they experienced during the destruction of their houses.
[1] Turkey decided that such rulings would be detrimental and costly considering a vast amount of cases existed.
Human Rights Watch wrote to the Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Abdullah Gül on 22 February 2006, "urging that damage assessment should take a more consistent and fairer approach".