Communicated on 1 March 2016
SECOND SECTION
Application no. 16896/11
Mehmet İhsan ILISAL
against Turkey
lodged on 7 December 2010
SUBJECT MATTER OF THE CASE
The application concerns the validity of the applicant’s waiver of his right to have access to a lawyer while in police custody (see Salduz v. Turkey [GC], no. 36391/02, ECHR 2008, and Yoldaş v. Turkey, no. 27503/04, 23 February 2010).
QUESTION
Has there been a breach of Article 6 § 3 (c) of the Convention, in conjunction with Article 6 § 1, as a result of the lack of legal assistance available to the applicant during his detention in police custody (see Salduz v. Turkey [GC], no. 36391/02, ECHR 2008, and Ibrahim and Others v. the United Kingdom [GC], nos. 50541/08 and 3 others, ECHR 2016)? In particular, could the applicant be considered to have waived his right to legal assistance in the circumstances of the instant case (see Yoldaş v. Turkey, no. 27503/04, 23 February 2010)?
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