Published on 30 September 2024
SECOND SECTION
Application no. 19683/19
Mustafa İÇTİN
against Türkiye
lodged on 4 March 2019
communicated on 9 September 2024
SUBJECT MATTER OF THE CASE
The application concerns the following measures adopted by the authorities during the applicant’s detention: monitoring/recording of the applicant’s conversations with his lawyers pursuant to section 6 of Emergency Legislative Degree no. 667, electronic recording and storage of the applicant’s private correspondence with his family in the National Judicial Network System (UYAP) and restrictions imposed on the applicant for monthly contact visits, weekend visits from his school-age children, and for weekly telephone calls.
Relying on Article 8 of the Convention, the applicant complains about the above-mentioned measures.
QUESTIONS TO THE PARTIES
1. Has there been an interference with the applicant’s right to respect for his private life and correspondence, within the meaning of Article 8 § 1 of the Convention, on account of the presence of an officer during the applicant’s consultations with his lawyers and/or the recording of their conversations?
If so, was that interference in accordance with the law and necessary in terms of Article 8 § 2 (compare Campbell v. the United Kingdom, 25 March 1992, §§ 33-53, Series A no. 233; Altay v. Turkey (no. 2), no. 11236/09, §§ 49-52, 9 April 2019; and Canavcı and Others v. Türkiye, nos. 24074/19 and 2 others, §§ 91 and 93-96, 14 November 2023)?
2. Has there been an interference with the applicant’s right to respect for his private life and correspondence, within the meaning of Article 8 § 1 of the Convention, on account of the recording and storage of his private correspondence in the National Judicial Network System (UYAP) (see Nuh Uzun and Others v. Turkey, no. 49341/18 and 13 others, § 82, 29 March 2022)?
If so, was that interference in accordance with the law and necessary in terms of Article 8 § 2 of the Convention? In particular, did the impugned measure have an accessible and foreseeable legal basis providing appropriate safeguards to prevent any arbitrary interferences by public authorities that might be inconsistent with the guarantees of Article 8 of the Convention (ibid., §§ 84‑98)?
3. Has there been an interference with the applicant’s right to respect for his private and family life, within the meaning of Article 8 § 1 of the Convention, on account of the impugned restrictions on the contact and weekend visits and the weekly telephone calls (see Subaşı and Others v. Türkiye, nos. 3468/20 and 18 others, §§ 77-79 and 100-102, 6 December 2022)?
If so, was that interference in accordance with the law and necessary in terms of Article 8 § 2 of the Convention? In particular, did the domestic authorities make a concrete assessment of the applicant’s needs and engage with his complaints in accordance with the guarantees inherent in Article 8 of the Convention (ibid., §§ 80-93 and 105-109)?