CANSAD AND OTHERS v. TURKEY - 7851/05 (Judgment : Article 6+6-3-c - Right to a fair trial : Second Section)

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

Robert Spano, President, Paul Lemmens, Ledi Bianku, Işıl Karakaş, Nebojša Vučinić, Jon Fridrik Kjølbro, Stéphanie Mourou-Vikström, judges, and Hasan Bakırcı, Deputy Section Registrar,

II. ALLEGED VIOLATIONS OF ARTICLE 6 OF THE CONVENTION IN RESPECT OF MURAT CANŞAD AND ORHAN BINGÖL

"1. In the determination of ... any criminal charge against him, everyone is entitled to a fair and public hearing within a reasonable time by an independent and impartial tribunal established by law.

(c) to defend himself in person or through legal assistance of his own choosing or, if he has not sufficient means to pay for legal assistance, to be given it free when the interests of justice so require;