The European Court of Human Rights (Second Section), sitting on 12 June 2006 as a Chamber composed of: Mrs F. TULKENS, President, Mr A.B. BAKA, Mr I. CABRAL BARRETO, Mr R. TÜRMEN, Mr M. UGREKHELIDZE, Mr V. ZAGREBELSKY, Mrs D. JOČIENĖ, judges, and Mrs S. DOLLÉ, Section Registrar, Having regard to the above application lodged on 27 August 2003, Having regard to the decision to apply Article 29 § 3 of the Convention and examine the admissibility and merits of the case together, Having regard to the observations submitted by the respondent Government and the observations in reply submitted by the applicant, Having deliberated, decides as follows: THE FACTS The applicant, Mr Remzi Niğit, is a Turkish national who was born in 1961 and lives in Izmir. He was represented before the Court by Mr M. Rollas, a lawyer practising in İzmir. 2 NİĞİT v. TURKEY DECISION A. The circumstances of the...
CONSEIL DE L’EUROPE COUNCIL OF EUROPE COUR EUROPÉENNE DES DROITS DE L’HOMME EUROPEAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS SECOND SECTION DECISION AS TO THE ADMISSIBILITY OF Application no. 29906/03 by Remzi NİĞİT against Turkey The European Court of Human Rights (Second Section), sitting on 12 June 2006 as a Chamber composed of: Mrs F. TULKENS, President, Mr A.B. BAKA, Mr I. CABRAL BARRETO, Mr R. TÜRMEN, Mr M. UGREKHELIDZE, Mr V. ZAGREBELSKY, Mrs D. JOČIENĖ, judges, and Mrs S. DOLLÉ, Section Registrar, Having regard to the above application lodged on 27 August 2003, Having regard to the decision to apply Article 29 § 3 of the Convention and examine the admissibility and merits of the case together, Having regard to the observations submitted by the respondent Government and the observations in reply submitted by the applicant, Having deliberated, decides as follows: THE FACTS The applicant, Mr Remzi Niğit, is a Turkish national who was born in 1961 and lives in Izmir. He was represented before the Court by Mr M. Rollas, a lawyer practising in İzmir.
2 NİĞİT v. TURKEY DECISION A. The circumstances of the case The facts of the case, as submitted by the parties, may be summarised as follows. On 8 May 2001 the applicant was arrested in İzmir by gendarmerie officers on suspicion of having committed the offence of “putting fake foreign money in circulation” (piyasaya sahte yabanci para sürmek). The same day he was examined by a doctor at Izmir Ataturk Training Hospital. The subsequent medical report noted no signs of ill-treatment on his body. Later that day, he was brought to Bodrum by gendarmerie officers and was taken to the Bodrum State Hospital for a further medical examination. Again, no signs of ill-treatment were noted. The applicant was then taken into custody in the Muğla General Gendarmerie Command (Muğla Jandarma Genel Komutanlığı), where he was allegedly subjected to ill- treatment for three days. In particular, he was blindfolded, subjected to Palestinian hanging, punched, beaten and left without food or water. Electric cables were attached to his back and between his legs and electric shocks were administered to him. The same day, the Bodrum public prosecutor extended the applicant’s custody period for two more days. On 9 May 2001 the applicant was examined by doctors at the Bodrum State Hospital, who noted a number of hyperaemic areas the size of a pea on his back. On the same day, the applicant made a statement to the officers from the Bodrum Central Gendarmerie Station (Bodrum Merkez Jandarma Karakolu), in which he admitted to the charges brought against him. On 10 May 2001, at the end of his detention in custody, the applicant was taken to the Bodrum Clinic. The medical report prepared on that occasion revealed no marks on his body. On the same day, the applicant was brought before the Bodrum public prosecutor before whom he maintained that he had been interrogated under duress and ill-treated by the gendarmerie officer...