CEDH · CASELAW;COMMUNICATEDCASES;ENG — 4 mars 2025

.s800EAC49 { font-size:12pt } .s379BC09C { margin-top:36pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:right } .sBB9EE52A { font-family:Arial } .s10950C61 { margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:14.2pt; text-align:justify } .s5E1364CA { margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:12pt; text-align:center; page-break-inside:avoid; page-break-after:avoid; font-size:14pt } .s339D85E6 { margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:14pt; text-align:center; page-break-inside:avoid; page-break-after:avoid } .s665E407E { margin-top:66pt; margin-bottom:14pt; text-align:center; page-break-inside:avoid; page-break-after:avoid } .s29100277 { font-family:Arial; font-weight:bold } .sA36B60A1 { font-family:Arial; font-style:italic } Published on 24 March 2025   SECOND SECTION Application no. 16592/22 Hikmet YILMAZ against Türkiye lodged on 18 March 2022 communicated on 4 March 2025 SUBJECT MATTER OF THE CASE The application concerns the alleged unfairness of criminal proceedings against the applicant due to the domestic courts’ failure to take evidence from a witness, F.S.A., in person before the trial court. QUESTION TO THE PARTIES Did the applicant have a fair hearing in the determination of the criminal charges against him, in accordance with Article 6 of the Convention? Was the applicant able to examine the witness against him, as required by Article   6 §§   1 and 3 (d) of the Convention (see, for general principles, Schatschaschwili v. Germany [GC], no. 9154/10, §§ 100-31, ECHR 2015, and Faysal Pamuk v. Turkey , no. 430/13, §§   44-76, 18   January 2022)?   The parties are invited to submit copies of all the relevant documents concerning the applicant’s case, including but not limited to the minutes of all the hearings, documentary evidence against the applicant, and the written submissions of the applicant and his lawyer throughout the proceedings. Additionally, the parties are also requested to submit the relevant documents forming part of the criminal proceedings in which the Elazığ 2nd Assize Court convicted the applicant of being a member of an armed terrorist organisation.