SECOND SECTION

DECISION

Application no. 5669/06
by Halil ÇOLAK
against Turkey

The European Court of Human Rights (Second Section), sitting on 3 November 2011 as a Chamber composed of:

Françoise Tulkens, President,
Danutė Jočienė,
Isabelle Berro-Lefèvre,
András Sajó,
Işıl Karakaş,
Paulo Pinto de Albuquerque,
Helen Keller, judges,
and Stanley Naismith, Section Registrar,

Having regard to the above application lodged on 27 January 2006,

Having deliberated, decides as follows:

THE FACTS

The applicant, Mr Halil Çolak, is a Turkish national who was born in 1964 and lives in Antalya. The Turkish Government (“the Government”) were represented by their Agent.

The applicant complained under Article 3 of the Convention about the alleged ill-treatment inflicted upon him by a police officer during his arrest.

The applicant’s complaints concerning the alleged ill-treatment were communicated to the Government, who submitted their obse