SECOND SECTION

DECISION

Applications nos. 62962/11 and 71196/11
Tayhan KARADAN against Turkey
and Mustafa ÖZKAYA against Turkey

The European Court of Human Rights (Second Section), sitting on 11 October 2016 as a Committee composed of:

Paul Lemmens, President,
Ksenija Turković,
Jon Fridrik Kjølbro, judges,
and Hasan Bakırcı, Deputy Section Registrar,

Having regard to the above applications lodged on 8 August 2011 and 13 October 2011 respectively,

Having deliberated, decides as follows:

THE FACTS

1. The applicants are Turkish nationals. The Turkish Government (“the Government”) were represented by their Agent.

2. The facts of the case, as submitted by the parties, may be summarised as follows.

3. At the material time, the applicants were students at the Turkish Military Academy.

4. A room confinement sanction was imposed on the first applicant, Mr Tayhan Karadan, for 3 days. It was enforced between 4 and 6 March 2011 and between 12 and 13 March 2011.

5. On 7 June 2011 a room confinement sanction was imposed the second applicant, Mr Mustafa Özkaya, for 3 days. It was enforced on 11, 12 and 18 June 2011.

6. The penalties were executed in the same way as administrative restrictions imposed on military officials in the Army.

COMPLAINT