CEDH · PRESS;GENERAL;ENG — 12 juin 2001

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TURKEY     Tuesday 12 June 2001 at 9.30 a.m.     The applicants   The case concerns twenty-three applications lodged by forty-one members of the Turkish armed forces ordered to take compulsory early retirement. Their names are listed in the appendix.   Summary of the facts   By decisions of the Supreme Military Council taken between 11 December 1995 and 1 August 1997 the applicants were ordered to take compulsory early retirement “for breaches of discipline and scandalous conduct”. The applicants consider that their compulsory early retirement constitutes a sanction based on their religious beliefs (or in one applicant’s case on his political opinions). However, under Article 125 of the Turkish Constitution, decisions of the Supreme Military Council are not subject to judicial review.   Complaint[s]   The applicants complained of violations of Article 6 (right to a fair trial), 7 (no punishment without law), 8 (right to respect for private life), 9 (freedom of thought, conscience and religion), 10 (freedom of expression), 13 (right to an effective remedy) and 14 (prohibition of discrimination) of the European Convention on Human Rights.   Procedure   The applications were lodged with the European Commission of Human Rights on the dates shown in the appendix. On 1 November 1998 they were transmitted to the European Court of Human Rights.   Composition of the Court   The case will be heard by a Chamber composed as follows:   Elisabeth Palm (Swedish), President , Wilhelmina Thomassen (Dutch), Luigi Ferrari Bravo [1] (Italian), Gaukur Jörundsson (Icelandic), Corneliu Bîrsan (Romanian), Josep Casadevall (Andorran), judges , Feyyaz Gölcüklü (Turkish), ad hoc judge , Boštjan Zupančič (Slovenian), Tudor Panţîru (Moldovan), substitute judges,   and also Michael O’Boyle , Section Registrar .   Representatives of the parties   Government:   Şükrü Alpaslan , Co-Agent , Orhan Nalcıoğlu , Adviser , Deniz Akçay , Co-Agent, Yunus Belet , Adviser , Hasan Mutaf , Didem Bulutlar Ulusoy and Didem Kılıslıoğlu , Experts ;   Applicants:   Tevfik Demirel , Mustafa Halit Çelik and Hasip Kaplan, Representatives .     After the hearing the Court will begin its deliberations, which are held in private. The decision on the admissibility of the applications will be issued 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. APPENDIX   Application no. Applicant’s name Date lodged 31876/96 İbrahim TEPELİ Fettak KOÇ Ayhan GÜVENÇ Kadir UĞURLU Osman AKIN Ahmet UÇAR Nevzat SAK Metin TÜRK Hüseyin BACANAK Kadir MAYDA Mustafa ÖZMEN Mahmut TORBA İbrahim KAYA Süleyman ÖĞRETEN 28.05.1996 31990/96 Mehmet İNKAYA Ömer ŞABANOĞLU Mehmet SEZGİN Faruk GÜNGÖR Ali KOÇDOĞAN Ahmet AĞMAZ 10.06.1996 32322/96 Murat ARAS 18.06.1996 32358/96 Hikmet UYANIK 11.06.1996 32359/96 Ali İhsan ÇORBACI 06.06.1996 32443/96 Halis KÖYLÜ 03.06.1996 34479/97 Murat BALÇIK 15.11.1996 35069/97 Emrullah GEZER 26.12.1996 35080/97 M. Nuri ÖZLÜ 20.01.1997 35081/97 Mustafa ATEŞ 02.12.1996 36196/97 Hüsnü CAN 17.04.1997 36198/97 Kenan DALGIÇ 17.04.1997 36200/97 Seçuk GENEL 17.04.1997 36594/97 İlhan KÖSE 02.05.1997 36595/97 Fetullah Selçuk MOĞULKOÇ 07.05.1997 37960/97 A.Ç. 05.06.1997 38589/97 Mehmet ÇORBACI 23.10.1997 38590/97 Hamdi BÜYÜKKIRABALI 21.10.1997 38591/97 Abdülcelal BAŞKAYA 30.10.1997 38592/97 İdris TANAL 23.10.1997 38601/97 Recep Can ŞEN 03.11.1997 38603/97 Abdülkadir DEMİRHAN 14.10.1997 38917/97 Yurdakul BEYZADEOĞLU 31.10.1997   [1] .     Judge elected in respect of San Marino.