Communicated on 18 May 2017

SECOND SECTION

Application no. 9475/10 Hamza AKKAŞ and Reyhan G Ü ZEL against Turkey lodged on 22 December 2009

SUBJECT MATTER OF THE CASE

The application concerns the alleged unfairness of the criminal proceedings due to the systemic restriction imposed on the applicants ’ right of access to a lawyer during the pre-trial stage pursuant to Law no. 3842 and the subsequent use by the trial court of those statements taken in the absence of a lawyer (see Ibrahim and Others v. the United Kingdom [GC], nos. 50541/08 and 3 others, ECHR 2016, and Salduz v. Turkey [GC], no. 36391/02, ECHR 2008)

QUESTION S tO THE PARTIES

1. Did the applicants have a fair hearing in the determination of the criminal charges against themselves, in accordance with Article 6 § 1 of the Convention? In particular, has the re 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 Ibrahim and Others v. the United Kingdom [GC], nos. 50541/08 and 3 others, ECHR 2016, and Salduz v. Turkey [GC], no. 36391/02, ECHR 2008)?

– The Government are invited to submit copies of all the relevant documents concerning the applicants ’ case, including but not limited to the minutes of all the hearings, the reasoned judgment(s) of the trial court, documentary evidence against the applicants, and the written submissions of the applicants and his lawyer throughout the proceedings.

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