CEDH · PRESS;HEARINGS;ENG — 21 novembre 2000

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TURKEY   Tuesday 21 November 2000 at 9.30 a.m.   The hearing in the case of Öcalan v. Turkey concerns both the admissibility and the merits of the applicant’s complaints. Following the hearing, the Court will deliberate in private. No decision will be delivered on the day of the hearing.   The applicant   The application in the present case was lodged on 16 February 1999 by Abdullah Öcalan, a Turkish national, who was born in 1949. He is at present incarcerated in İmralı Prison (Bursa, Turkey).   Summary of the facts   In November 1998 the applicant, the leader of the PKK, was deported from Syria. After periods of residence in a number of different countries, he was arrested in Nairobi (Kenya) on 16 February 1999 during an operation conducted in disputed circumstances. He was transferred to Turkey and placed in police custody on the same day at İmralı Prison.   On 23 February 1999 the applicant appeared before a judge of the National Security Court, who ordered him to be placed in pre-trial detention.   In an indictment filed on 24 April 1999 the Public Prosecutor at the Ankara National Security Court accused the applicant of carrying out actions calculated to bring about the separation of a part of Turkish territory and of forming and leading an armed gang to achieve that end. The Public Prosecutor asked the court to sentence the applicant to death under Article 125 of the Criminal Code.   On 29 June 1999 the Ankara National Security Court found the applicant guilty as charged   and sentenced him to death under Article 125 of the Criminal Code.   By a judgment of 25 November 1999 the Court of Cassation upheld in all respects the judgment of 29 June 1999.   Complaints   The applicant claims to be the victim of a number of breaches of the European Convention on Human Rights, and in particular of Articles 2 (right to life), 3 (prohibition of ill-treatment), 5 (right to liberty and security), 6 (right to a fair trial), 7 (no punishment without law), 8 (right to respect for private and family life), 9 (freedom of thought, conscience and religion), 10 (freedom of expression), 13 (right to an effective remedy), 14   (prohibition of discrimination), 18 (limitation on use of restrictions on rights) and 34   (right of individual application). Procedure   On 30 November 1999 the Court asked the respondent Government, under Rule 39 of the Rules of Court, to adopt the following interim measure:   “ The Court requests the respondent Government to take all necessary steps to ensure that the death penalty is not carried out so as to enable the Court to proceed effectively with the examination of the admissibility and merits of the applicant’s complaints under the Convention.”   Composition of the Court   The case will be heard by a Chamber composed as follows:   Elisabeth Palm (Swedish), President , Wilhelmina Thomassen (Dutch), Gaukur Jörundsson (Icelandic), Rıza Türmen (Turkish), Corneliu Bîrsan (Romanian), Josep Casadevall (Andorran), Rait Maruste (Estonian), judges , Luigi Ferrari Bravo [1] (Italian), Boštjan Zupančič (Slovenian), Tudor Panţîru (Moldovan), substitute judges ,   and also Michael O’Boyle , Section Registrar .   Representatives of the parties   Government :   Francis Szpiner , Co-Agent , Şükrü Alpaslan , Co-Agent ;   Yunus   Belet , Orhan Nalcioğlu , Ergin Ergül , Gülhan Akyüz , Bilal   Çalişkan , Özer Zeyrek , Recep Kaplan , Cengiz Aydin ,   Tuncay Çinar , Kaya Tambasar , Münci Özmen , Deniz Akçay ,   Didem Bulutlar , Banur   Özaydin , Counsel ;   Applicant:   Hasip Kaplan , Sir Sydney Kentridge , Mark Muller ,   Timothy   Otty, Counsel ; Kerim Yildiz, İrfan Dündar ,   Doğan Erbaş , Gareth   Pierce , Louis Charalambous ,   Philip Leach, Advisers.   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] Judge elected in respect of San Marino.