Communicated on 18 May 2017
SECOND SECTION
Application no. 9475/10
Hamza AKKAŞ and Reyhan GÜZEL
against Turkey
lodged on 22 December 2009
SUBJECT MATTER OF THE CASE
The application concerns the alleged unfairness of the criminal proceedings due to the systemic restriction imposed on the applicants’ right of access to a lawyer during the pre-trial stage pursuant to Law no. 3842 and the subsequent use by the trial court of those statements taken in the absence of a lawyer (see Ibrahim and Others v. the United Kingdom [GC], nos. 50541/08 and 3 others, ECHR 2016, and Salduz v. Turkey [GC], no. 36391/02, ECHR 2008)
QUESTIONS tO THE PARTIES
1. Did the applicants have a fair hearing in the determination of the criminal charges against themselves, in accordance with Article 6 § 1 of the Convention? In particular, has there been a breach of Article 6 § 3 (c) of the Convention, as a result of the lack of legal assistance available to the applicant during the preliminary investigation (see Ibrahim and Others v. the United Kingdom [GC], nos. 50541/08 and 3 others, ECHR 2016, and Salduz v. Turkey [GC], no. 36391/02, ECHR 2008)?
– The Government are invited to submit copies of all the relevant documents concerning the applicants’ case, including but not limited to the minutes of all the hearings, the reasoned judgment(s) of the trial court, documentary evidence against the applicants, and the written submissions of the applicants and his lawyer throughout the proceedings.
APPENDIX
Hamza AKKAŞ born on 01/01/1981 is a Turkish nationals who was born in 1981, lives in İzmit and represented by İ.Akmeşe
Reyhan GÜZEL born on 17/12/1985 is a Turkish nationals who was born in 1985, lives in Yverdan-les-Bains and represented by İ.Akmeşe
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