Decision of European Court of Human Rights, March 23, 2004 (case MENTESE and OTHERS v. TURKEY)

Appeal Nbr: 36217/97

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Decision of European Court of Human Rights, March 23, 2004 (case MENTESE and OTHERS v. TURKEY)

SECOND SECTION

DECISION

AS TO THE ADMISSIBILITY OF

Application no. 36217/97

by Abdullah MENTEŞE and Others

against Turkey

The European Court of Human Rights (Second Section), sitting on 23 March 2004 as a Chamber composed of:

Mr J.-P. Costa, President,

Mr A.B. Baka,

Mr K. Jungwiert,

Mr V. Butkevych,

Mrs W. Thomassen,

Mr M. Ugrekhelidze, judges,

Mr F. Gölcüklü, ad hoc judge,

and Mr T.L. Early, Deputy Section Registrar,

Having regard to the above application lodged with the European Commission of Human Rights on 12 November 1994,

Having regard to Article 5 § 2 of Protocol No. 11 to the Convention, by which the competence to examine the application was transferred to the Court,

Having regard to the observations submitted by the respondent Government and the observations in reply submitted by the applicants,

Having deliberated, decides as follows:

THE FACTS

The applicants, whose names appear in the appendix, are Turkish nationals. They are represented before the Court by Mr T. Otty, a lawyer practising in London.

A. The circumstances of the case

The facts of the case, ...

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