ÇAKICI v. TURKEY JUDGMENT
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In the case of Çakıcı v. Turkey,
The European Court of Human Rights, sitting, in accordance with
Article 27 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and
Fundamental Freedoms (“the Convention”), as amended by Protocol No. 111,
and the relevant provisions of the Rules of Court2, as a Grand Chamber
composed of the following judges:
Mr L. WILDHABER, President,
Mrs E. PALM,
Mr L. FERRARI BRAVO,
Mr L. CAFLISCH,
Mr J.-P. COSTA,
Mr W. FUHRMANN,
Mr K. JUNGWIERT,
Mr M. FISCHBACH,
Mr B. ZUPANČIČ,
Mrs N. VAJIĆ,
Mr J. HEDIGAN,
Mrs W. THOMASSEN,
Mrs M. TSATSA-NIKOLOVSKA,
Mr T. PANŢÎRU,
Mr E. LEVITS,
Mr K. TRAJA,
Mr F. GÖLCÜKLÜ, ad hoc judge,
and also of Mrs M. DE-BOER-BUQUICCHIO, Deputy Registrar,
Having deliberated in private on 24 March and 17 June 1999,
Delivers the following judgment, which was adopted on the lastmentioned date:
PROCEDURE
1. The case was referred to the Court, as established under former
Article 19 of the Convention3, by the European Commission of Human
Rights (“the Commission”) on 14 September 1998, within the three-month
period laid down by former Articles 32 § 1 and 47 of the Convention. It
originated in an application (no. 23657/94) against the Republic of Turkey
lodged with the Commission under former Article 25 by a Turkish national,
Mr İzzet Çakıcı, on 2 May 1994.
Notes by the Registry
1-2. Protocol No. 11 and the Rules of Court came into force on 1 November 1998.
3. Since the entry into force of Protocol No. 11, which amended Article 19, the Court has
functioned on a permanent basis.