Communicated on 23 January 2018

SECOND SECTION

Application no. 27582/07 Mehmet Zeki ÇELEBİ against Turkey lodged on 21 June 2007

SUBJECT MATTER OF THE CASE

The application concerns the alleged unfairness of the criminal proceedings due to the systemic restriction imposed on the applicant ’ s right of access to a lawyer during the pre-trial stage pursuant to Law no. 3842 (see Salduz v. Turkey [GC], no. 36391/02, ECHR 2008, and Ibrahim a nd Others v. the United Kingdom [GC], n os. 50541/08 and 3 others, ECHR 2016).

– The Government are invited to submit copies of all the relevant documents concerning the applicant ’ s case, including but not limited to the evidence against the applicant listed in pages 7 and 8 of the reasoned judgment of the Istanbul Assize Court dated 13 February 2009, and the written submissions of the applicant and his lawyer throughout the proceedings as well as the applicant ’ s defence submissions dated 12 May 2004 (mentioned in page 8 of the reasoned judgment).

QUESTION tO THE PARTIES

Did the applicant have a fair hearing in the determination of the criminal charges against himself, in accordance with Article 6 § 1 of the Convention? In particular, has there been a breach of Article 6 § 3 (c) of the Convention, as a result of the lack of legal assistance available to the applicant during the preliminary investigation (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)?