4 ALTUĞ TANER AKÇAM v. TURKEY JUDGMENT accordance with Rule 40 of the Rules of Court and that the case be given priority under Rule 41 of the Rules of Court. 17. On 14 January 2008 the applicant’s requests under Rules 39, 40 and 41 of the Rules of Court were rejected. 18. The Government submitted to the Court a decision of non-prosecution issued by the Şişli Chief Public Prosecutor’s office on 17 February 2006. It appears from this decision that on 21 October 2005 a criminal complaint was lodged by a certain K.K., who alleged that the applicant had attempted to denigrate the Republic and to influence the trial of Hrant Dink by his editorial opinion dated 14 October 2005 published in the AGOS newspaper. The public prosecutor who examined the complaint concluded that the alleged offence was time-barred and therefore issued a decision of non-prosecution. 19. According to the information provided by the applicant’s representative on 6 May 2008, no further investigation had been instigated against the applicant after the judgment of the Şişli Criminal Court dated 11 October 2007. B. The documents submitted by the parties 1. List of books published by the applicant 20. The Government submitted a list of thirteen books published by the applicant. It appears that these books are on sale in Turkey and that they mainly concentrate on the Armenian question. A selection of the books included is as follows: – “The Armenian question has been resolved; Ottoman documents concerning the policies towards the Armenians during the war years”, 2008; – Turkish national identity and the Armenian question: “From the Ittihad ve Terakki to the War of Independence”, 2001; – “Lifting the Armenian taboo, is there any solution other than dialogue” 2000; and – “Human Rights and the Armenian Question”, 1999. 21. The Government further noted that, contrary to the applicant’s allegations that he had been prevented from pursuing his research on the Armenian issue, he had been given permission to conduct research in the State Archives by the Directorate General of State Archives. Between 27 June 2006 and 17 July 2007 the applicant personally consulted the Ottoman archives and had been granted further permission to photocopy 527 documents. On page 17 of his book entitled “The Armenian question has been resolved” the applicant thanked the State Archives for assisting him in his research.