CASE OF SAMÜT KARABULUT v. TURKEY

SECOND SECTION

CASE OF SAMÜT KARABULUT v. TURKEY

(Application no. 16999/04)

JUDGMENT

STRASBOURG

27 January 2009

This judgment will become final in the circumstances set out in Article 44 § 2 of the Convention. It may be subject to editorial revision.

In the case of Samüt Karabulut v. Turkey,

The European Court of Human Rights (Second Section), sitting as a Chamber composed of:

Françoise Tulkens, President,

Ireneu Cabral Barreto,

Vladimiro Zagrebelsky,

Danutė Jočienė,

András Sajó,

Nona Tsotsoria,

Işıl Karakaş, judges,

and Sally Dollé, Section Registrar,

Having deliberated in private on 6 January 2009,

Delivers the following judgment, which was adopted on that date:

PROCEDURE

1. The case originated in an application (no. 16999/04) against the Republic of Turkey lodged with the Court under Article 34 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms ("the Convention") by a Turkish national, Mr Samüt Karabulut ("the applicant"), on 29 March 2004.

2. The applicant was represented by Ms Y. Yeşilyurt and Mr A.T. Ocak, lawyers practising in Istanbul. The Turkish Government ("the Government") were represented by their Agent.

3. On 14 February 2007 the President of the Second Section decided to give notice of the application to the Government. It was also decided to examine the merits of the application at the s...

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