CEDH · PRESS;HEARINGS;ENG — 29 février 2000

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TURKEY   Tuesday, 29 February 2000, at 9.30 a.m.     The applicants   The case concerns an application brought by two Turkish nationals, Metın Dıkme, born in 1969 and currently held in Istanbul Prison, and his mother, Emıne Dıkme, who was born in 1933 and lives in Vienna.   Summary of the facts   Mr Dıkme was arrested on 10 February 1992 and taken into custody by the Anti-terrorist Brigade of the Istanbul Security Services on suspicion of having carried out a number of attacks in the name of an extreme left-wing armed group “ Devrimci Sol ” (revolutionary left). On 26 February 1992 he was examined by a specialist in forensic medecine, whose report mentioned only old scratches on the applicant’s left elbow on which scabs had formed. Later that day, the applicant was brought before a judge of the Istanbul National Security Court who ordered his detention pending trial. He was transferred to Istanbul Prison and on 28   February 1992 was examined by the prison doctor who noted in his medical report signs of approximately twenty abrasions, cuts and grazes, mainly on the arms and legs. On 9 July 1993, the applicant’s complaint against the police officers on duty while he was in detention was dismissed. Proceedings instituted by Mr Dıkme are still pending.   Complaints   Mr Dıkme alleges that he was tortured in police custody, in violation of Article 3 of the European Convention on Human Rights. He also contends that he was not informed of the charges against him at the time of his arrest (in breach of Article 5 § 2), was not brought promptly before a judge (in breach of Article 5 § 3) and was not given access to his lawyer while in police custody or during the proceedings before the National Security Court (in breach of Article 6 §§ 1 and 3 (c)). Mrs Dıkme complains under Article 8 (right to respect for private and family life) that she was not allowed to see her son during his detention.   Procedure   The application was lodged with the European Commission of Human Rights on 22 October 1992. Having declared the application partly admissible, the Commission adopted a report on 4 June 1999 in which it expressed the unanimous opinion that, as regards Mr   Dıkme, there had been a violation of Articles 3, 5 § 3, and Article 6, §§ 1 and 3 (c) combined, of the Convention, but that there had been no violation of Article 5 § 2. It considered unanimously that there had been no violation of Mrs Dıkme’s rights under Article 8. It referred the case to the Court on 11 September 1999.   The case will be heard a Chamber composed as follows:   Composition of the Court   Elisabeth Palm (Swedish), President , Josep Casadevall (Andorran), Luigi Ferrari Bravo [1] (Italian), Corneliu Bîrsan (Romanian), Wilhelmina Thomassen (Dutch), Tudor Panţîru (Moldovan), Judges , Feyyaz Gölcüklü (Turkish), ad hoc Judge , Boštjan Zupančič (Slovenian) Rait Maruste (Estonian), Substitute Judges ,   and also Michael O’Boyle , Section Registrar .   Representatives of the parties   Government:   Deniz Akçay , Co-Agent , Yavuv Özdemir , Fırat Polat       and Meltem Gülşen , Advisers ;   Applicants:   Thomas Höhne , Counsel .   After the hearing the Court will begin its deliberations, which are held in private. Judgment will be delivered at a later date.   Registry of the European Court of Human Rights F – 67075 Strasbourg Cedex Contacts:   Roderick Liddell (telephone: (0)3 88 41 24 92)   Emma Hellyer (telephone: (0)3 90 21 42 15) Fax: (0)3 88 41 27 91   The European Court of Human Rights was set up in Strasbourg in 1959 to deal with alleged violations of the 1950 European Convention on Human Rights. On 1 November 1998 a full-time Court was established, replacing the original two-tier system of a part-time Commission and Court. [1] Elected as the judge in respect of San Marino.