ALTUĞ TANER AKÇAM v. TURKEY JUDGMENT 1 In the case of Altuğ Taner Akçam v. Turkey, The European Court of Human Rights (Second Section), sitting as a Chamber composed of: Françoise Tulkens, President, Danutė Jočienė, David Thór Björgvinsson, Dragoljub Popović, András Sajó, Işıl Karakaş, Guido Raimondi, judges, and Stanley Naismith, Section Registrar, Having deliberated in private on 4 October 2011, Delivers the following judgment, which was adopted on that date: PROCEDURE 1. The case originated in an application (no. 27520/07) 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 and German national, Mr Altuğ Taner Akçam (“the applicant”), on 21 June 2007. 2. The applicant was represented by Mr P. Akhavan, a lawyer practising in Montreal, Canada. The Turkish Government (“the Government”) were represented by their Agent. 3. The applicant alleged that the provision of Article 301 of the Turkish Criminal Code had led to an ongoing threat of prosecution for insulting “Turkishness” in connection with his academic work on the Armenian issue. He complained of a violation of Articles 7, 10 and 14 of the Convention. 4. On 21 October 2008 the Court decided to give notice of the application to the Government. It also decided to rule on the admissibility and merits of the application at the same time (Article 29 § 1).