This judgment will become final in the circumstances set out in Article 44 § 2 of the Convention. It may be subject to editorial revision. DEDE AND OTHERS v. TURKEY JUDGMENT 1 In the case of Dede and Others v. Turkey, The European Court of Human Rights (Third Section), sitting as a Chamber composed of: Mr G. RESS, President, Mr P. KŪRIS, Mr B. ZUPANČIČ, Mr J. HEDIGAN, Mrs M. TSATSA-NIKOLOVSKA, Mr K. TRAJA, judges, Mr F. GÖLCÜKLÜ, ad hoc judge, and Mr V. BERGER, Section Registrar, Having deliberated in private on 18 April 2002, Delivers the following judgment, which was adopted on that date: PROCEDURE 1. The case originated in an application (no. 32981/96) against the Republic of Turkey lodged with the European Commission of Human Rights (“the Commission”) under former Article 25 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (“the...
CONSEIL DE L’EUROPE COUNCIL OF EUROPE COUR EUROPÉENNE DES DROITS DE L’HOMME EUROPEAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS THIRD SECTION CASE OF DEDE AND OTHERS v. TURKEY (Application no. 32981/96) JUDGMENT STRASBOURG 7 May 2002 FINAL 07/08/2002 This judgment will become final in the circumstances set out in Article 44 § 2 of the Convention. It may be subject to editorial revision.
DEDE AND OTHERS v. TURKEY JUDGMENT 1 In the case of Dede and Others v. Turkey, The European Court of Human Rights (Third Section), sitting as a Chamber composed of: Mr G. RESS, President, Mr P. KŪRIS, Mr B. ZUPANČIČ, Mr J. HEDIGAN, Mrs M. TSATSA-NIKOLOVSKA, Mr K. TRAJA, judges, Mr F. GÖLCÜKLÜ, ad hoc judge, and Mr V. BERGER, Section Registrar, Having deliberated in private on 18 April 2002, Delivers the following judgment, which was adopted on that date: PROCEDURE 1. The case originated in an application (no. 32981/96) against the Republic of Turkey lodged with the European Commission of Human Rights (“the Commission”) under former Article 25 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (“the Convention”) by four Turkish nationals, Mr Atalay Dede, Mr Mehmet Kumral, Mr Hüseyin Hakkı Zabcı and Mehmet Akın Dirik (“the applicants”), on 30 May, 14 and 18 June 1996 respectively. 2. Mr Dede and Mr Dirik were represented before the Court by Mrs Nurten Çaglar and Mr Mehdi Bektaş respectively, lawyers practising in Ankara. Mr Kumral and Mr Zabcı did not designate a lawyer for the purposes of the proceedings before the Court. The Turkish Government (“the Government”) were represented by their Agent, Ambassador Tugay Uluçevik. 3. The applicants complained under Article 6 § 1 of the Convention about the length of the proceedings against them. 4. The application was transmitted to the Court on 1 November 1998, when Protocol No. 11 to the Convention came into force (Article 5 § 2 of Protocol No. 11). 5. The application was allocated to the First Section of the Court (Rule 52 § 1 of the Rules of Court). Within that Section, the Chamber that would consider the case (Article 27 § 1 of the Convention) was constituted as provided in Rule 26 § 1 of the Rules of Court. Mr Rıza Türmen, the judge elected in respect of Turkey, withdrew from sitting in the case (Rule 28). The Government accordingly appointed Mr Feyyaz Gölcüklü to sit as an ad hoc judge, in his place (Artice 27 § of the Convention and Rule 29 § 1).
2 DEDE AND OTHERS v. TURKEY JUDGMENT 6. By a decision of 17 October 2000 the Court declared the application admissible. 7. On 1 November 2001 the Court changed the composition of its Sections (Rule 25 § 1) . This case was assigned to the newly composed Third Section. 8. The applicants and the Government each filed observations on the merits (Rule 59 § 1). THE FACTS I. THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE CASE A. Arrest and detention of the applicants 9. In January and February 1981 the applicants were arrested by policemen and pla...