According to data provided by the Turkish General Directorate of Foundations, the bill passed in 2008 has satisfied minority foundations. None of the foundations, which had filed 31 lawsuits against Turkey at the European Court of Human Rights to reclaim their confiscated property before 2008, have filed new lawsuits with the court since 2008. Turkey lost 16 of these lawsuits and was ordered to pay compensation amounting to TL 1,750,000. Three of the cases are still under way while nine were won by Turkey and three were settled by a compromise with the foundation. Since the bill came into effect, minority foundations have applied to the Turkish General Directorate of Foundations to reclaim their confiscated property from the state.
According to the new law, foundations are able to reclaim their properties, expropriated in 1974 in a decision by the Supreme Court of Appeals, by providing a document that shows that the property belongs to them.
