THE FACTS THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE CASE 6.     The first applicant was born in 1954 and lives in Yerevan.

THE FACTS I.     THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE CASE 5.     The applicant was born in 1945 and lives in Cluj-Napoca.

   ETABLISSEMENT DES FAITS   A.     Circonstances particulières de l'affaire   16.

THE FACTS THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE CASE 4.     The applicant was born in 1963 and lived in Istanbul at the material time. 5.

THE FACTS I.     THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE CASE 3.     The applicants are Turkish nationals who were arrested and subsequently detained pending judicial proceedings.

THE FACTS 8.     The applicant was born in 1974 and lives in Istanbul. 9.

À l’époque des faits, il était détenu dans un centre pénitentiaire à Erzurum. 31.

Ce jugement est devenu définitif et n’a pas fait l’objet d’un pourvoi en cassation. b.

    The applicant alleged that he had not had a fair trial in that the trial court had convicted him in the absence of any evidence and without adducing adequate reasons. 30.

Istanbul   Ayşe HACIMİRZAOĞLU 15/02/1955 Istanbul   Meral HANBAYAT Article   5 §   4 de la Convention     55061/12 26/06/2012 Mehmet GÜNEŞ 01/01/1951 Tekirdağ   Ercan KANAR

THE LAW Given the similarity of the applications, as regards both fact and law, the Court deems it appropriate to join them.

Kanar, a lawyer practising in Istanbul. The Turkish Government (“the Government”) were represented by their Agent. 3.

It shared the conclusions of the lower court as to the legal assessment of the facts of the case. 25.

the observations in reply submitted by the applicant on 10 March 1997;         Having deliberated;         Decides as follows:   THE FACTS

  28949/03, §§ 61-62, 17   July 2007; Kania and Kittel v.   Poland , no. 35105/04, § 43, 21 June 2011). 51.

his right to a fair trial.

    In the light of the foregoing, the Court has not found any fact or argument in the present applications capable of persuading it to depart from its conclusions in Mehmet Çiftci and Osman

The circumstances of the case The facts of the case, as submitted by the parties, may be summarised as   follows. 1.     The background 1.

EN FAIT I.     LES CIRCONSTANCES DE L’ESPÈCE 4.

THE FACTS I.     THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE CASE 5.     The applicant was born in 1982 and lives in Şırnak. 6.