Communicated on 1 March 2016

SECOND SECTION

Application no. 16896/11 Mehmet Ä°hsan ILISAL against Turkey lodged on 7 December 2010

S UBJECT 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)?