ELCI AND OTHERS v. TURKEY JUDGMENT 113 in Cardot v. France, Series A no. 200 of 19 March 1991, the operative part, and Soc v. Croatia, no. 47863, § 88, of 9 May 2003). Although certain applicants may be said to have raised it in substance, it was not specified or elaborated prior to admissibility, and it has not been the subject of an exchange of observations between the parties. It is inappropriate therefore to take the matter up at this stage of the proceedings. V. ALLEGED VIOLATION OF ARTICLE 8 OF THE CONVENTION AND ARTICLE 1 OF PROTOCOL No. 1 687. The applicants Tahir Elçi, Şinasi Tur, Sabahattin Acar, Niyazi Çem and Mehmet Selim Kurbanoğlu complained about the searches and seizure of files and documents, which took place at the time of their arrests. They invoked Article 8 of the Convention as well as Article 1 of Protocol No. 1, the relevant parts of which provide as follows: Article 8 “1. Everyone has the right to respect for his private and family life, his home and his correspondence. 2. There shall be no interference by a public authority with the exercise of this right except such as is in accordance with the law and is necessary in a democratic society in the interests of national security, public safety ... for the prevention of disorder or crime, or for the protection of the rights and freedoms of others.” Article 1 of Protocol No. 1 “Every natural or legal person is entitled to the peaceful enjoyment of his possessions. No one shall be deprived of his possessions except in the public interest and subject to the conditions provided for by law and by the general principles of international law. The preceding provisions shall not, however, in any way impair the right of a State to enforce such laws as it deems necessary to control the use of property in accordance with the general interest...” A. Submissions of the parties 1. The applicants 688. The applicants MM Elçi, Tur, Acar, Çem and Kurbanoğlu contended that the search of their homes and offices was of doubtful lawfulness, given the lack of clear authority from a Prosecutor or Judge, the need to protect the confidentiality of the client/lawyer relationship, the bad faith which tainted the arrest decisions and the indiscriminate nature of the searches and seizures, with no indication of the specific items sought and no