In the current case the applicant, a member of the Kurdish ethnic group, had reported being taken to police custody, and being beaten and tortured in Türkiye. Medical documentation of both the applicant's scars and his severe state of mental prostration was submitted to the territorial court.

The Supreme Court upheld the appeal and stated that, in international protection related matters, the assessment of credibility of statements made by the applicant who has suffered physical or mental trauma from torture must be conducted on the basis of the criteria set forth in the Istanbul Protocol, and, in particular, the expert medico-legal certification must be considered in conjunction with the statements made by the applicant, during the verbalization of applications and during the hearing, as well as information about the country of origin and other documents or testimony brought to the attention of the determining authority.