Communicated on 4 December 2017

SECOND SECTION

Application no. 66681/12 Murat DEMIROÄžLU against Turkey lodged on 20 September 2012

SUBJECT MATTER OF THE CASE

The application concerns the disappearance of the applicant ’ s father on 23 December 2010 and the subsequent discovery of his body on 18 January 2011. The applicant complains of a violation of Articles 2, 6 and 13 of the Convention and alleges, firstly, that no meaningful steps were taken to find his father after he went missing and, secondly, that the investigations conducted after the discovery of his body were not effective.

QUESTIONS tO THE PARTIES

1. Has the applicant ’ s father ’ s right to life, ensured by Article 2 of the Convention, been violated in the present case?

In this connection, what measures were taken by the national authorities to find the applicant ’ s father after they were informed of his disappearance?

2. Having regard to the procedural protection of the right to life (see paragraph 104 of Salman v. Turkey [GC], no. 21986/93, ECHR 2000-VII), was the investigation in the present case by the domestic authorities in breach of Article 2 of the Convention? In this connection, were the investigations conducted after the discovery of the applicant ’ s father ’ s body capable of, firstly, establishing whether the national authorities had complied with their obligation to take all reasonable steps available to them in order to find the applicant ’ s missing father and, secondly, of clarifying the circumstances surrounding his death?

The Government are requested to submit documentary evidence in support of their replies to the above questions.