Communicated on 31 May 2019

SECOND SECTION

Application no. 3473/19 Ruken GÃœNDÃœZ against Turkey lodged on 3 January 2019

SUBJECT MATTER OF THE CASE

The applicant was convicted of storage of hazardous materials and committing crime on behalf of an illegal armed organization. The court of appeals upheld the judgment and the latter became final.

The application concerns the alleged unfairness of the criminal proceedings against the applicant due to lack of sufficient reasons provided by the domestic courts in their judgments, by which the applicant was convicted under Article 314 § 2 of the Criminal Code and sentenced to three years , one month, and fifteen days ’ imprisonment (see Vetrenko v. Moldova , no. 36552/02, § 55, 18 May 2010; Ajdarić v. Croatia , no. 20883/09, § 51, 13 December 2011; and Rostomashvili v. Georgia , no. 13185/07, § 59, 8 November 2018).

QUESTIONS tO THE PARTIES

Did the applicant have a fair hearing in the determination of the criminal charges against him, in accordance with Article 6 § 1 of the Convention? In particular, were sufficient reasons given for the applicant ’ s conviction and did the court question the veracity and probative value of the evidence (see Vetrenko v. Moldova , no. 36552/02, § 55, 18 May 2010; Ajdarić v. Croatia , no. 20883/09, § 51, 13 December 2011; and Rostomashvili v. Georgia , no. 13185/07, § 59, 8 November 2018)?

The Government is invited to submit copies of all the relevant documents concerning the applicant ’ s case, including but not limited to the minutes of all the hearings, documentary evidence against the applicant, and the written submissions of the applicant and his lawyer throughout the proceedings. In particular, the Government is further invited to submit the translation of the seven-page-long reasoned judgment of the trial court dated 25 October 2016.