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The European Court of Human Rights (First Section), sitting as a Chamber composed of
The case originated in an application (no. 31730/96) against the Republic of Turkey lodged with the European Commission of Human Rights (“the Commission”) under former Article 25 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (“the Convention”) by four Turkish nationals, Ali Yurtseven, Haşim Yurtseven, Abdullah Özeken and Sabri Sarıtaş (“the applicants”) on 26 April 1996.
The applicants were represented by Ms Ş. Sarıhan, a lawyer practising in Ankara. The Turkish Government (“the Government”) did not designate an Agent for the purposes of the proceedings before the Court
The applicants complained of the disappearance of their three relatives in south-east Turkey and also of the anguish caused to their families because of their inability to discover what has happened to their disappeared relatives. They invoked Articles 2, 3, 5, 6, and 7 of the Convention.
Following communication of the application to the Government by the Commission, the case was transferred to the Court on 1 November 1998 by virtue of Article 5 § 2 of Protocol No. 11 to the Convention.
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