CEDH · PRESS;GENERAL;ENG — 24 juin 2003

.s800EAC49 { font-size:12pt } .sFE10DC93 { margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:center } .s29100277 { font-family:Arial; font-weight:bold } .s32563E28 { margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt } .sB8BC1D85 { width:347.3pt; display:inline-block } .sBB9EE52A { font-family:Arial } .s13F94BDE { font-family:Arial; letter-spacing:-0.1pt } .s2E932ED2 { margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:11pt } .s76CF415B { page-break-before:always; clear:both } .sADADF4A7 { font-family:Arial; text-decoration:underline } .sCB9E0544 { margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:left } .s3964C3A3 { width:1.36pt; display:inline-block } .s901C2590 { width:56.7pt; display:inline-block } .sA36B60A1 { font-family:Arial; font-style:italic } .s4DDA3AA3 { font-family:Arial; font-weight:bold; font-style:italic } EUROPEAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS     340 amended   24.6.2003   Press release issued by the Registrar   On-the-spot inquiry in the case of İlkay Adali v. Turkey     Delegation of the Court   A delegation of four judges of the European Court of Human Rights, composed of Ms   Françoise Tulkens (Belgian), Mr   Peer Lorenzen (Danish), Mr Rıza Türmen (Turkish) and Ms Nina Vajić (Croatian) will take evidence from witnesses in Nicosia (Cyprus) on Monday 23 and Tuesday 24 June 2003 in the above case (application no.   38187/97).   The applicant   The application was lodged with the former European Commission of Human Rights on 12 September 1997 by İlkay Adali, who was born in 1944 and lives in Nicosia.   Summary of the facts   The case concerns the alleged involvement of the Turkish authorities in the killing of the applicant’s husband, Mr Kutlu Adalı, a Turkish Cypriot writer and journalist, by unknown persons in front of his house in the “Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus” (“TRNC”) on 6   July 1996 . It also concerns the investigation into the killing of Mr   Kutlu Adalı and the alleged harassment of the applicant by the authorities of the “TRNC” following the killing of her husband.   The Turkish Government strongly deny the allegations and maintain that the “TRNC” authorities carried out a thorough investigation into the killing of Mr Kutlu Adalı immediately after his death but that the perpetrators of the crime could not be identified. The Government further deny the involvement of the authorities in the killing of Mr   Kutlu Adalı and in the alleged harassment of the applicant.   Complaint   The applicant alleges a violation of Articles 2 (right to life); 3 (prohibition of degrading treatment); 6 (determination of civil rights within a reasonable time); 8 (right to family life); 10 (freedom of expression); 11 (freedom of association); 13 (right to an effective remedy); and 14 (prohibition of discrimination) of the European Convention on Human Rights.   Procedure   The case was transmitted to the Court on 1 November 1998 following the entry into force of Protocol No. 11 to the Convention. It was declared admissible on 31 January 2002.     ***   Decisions, judgments and further information about the Court can be found on its Internet site ( http://www.echr.coe.int ).   Registry of the European Court of Human Rights F – 67075 Strasbourg Cedex Contacts:   Roderick Liddell (telephone: +00 33 (0)3 88 41 24 92)   Joanna Reynell (telephone: +00 33 (0)3 90 21 42 15)   Stéphanie Klein (telephone: +00 33 (0)3 88 41 21 54) Fax: +00 33 (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.