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This judgment will become final in the circumstances set out in Article 44 § 2 of the Convention. It may be subject to editorial revision.
The European Court of Human Rights (Second Section), sitting as a Chamber composed of:
Mr J.-P. Costa, President , Mr A.B. Baka, Mr I. Cabral Barreto, Mr R. Türmen, Mr M. Ugrekhelidze, Mrs A. Mularoni, Ms D. Jočienė, judges , and Mr S. Naismith, Deputy Section Registrar ,
The case originated in an application (no. 61898/00) 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 four Turkish nationals, Mr Emirhan Yıldız, Ms Selvi Dönmez, Ms Leyla Lüle and Ms Meral Şahin (“the applicants”), on 26 February 2000.
The applicants, who had been granted legal aid, were represented by Ms G. Altay, Ms F. G. Yolcu and Mr H. Karakuş (the second and the fourth applicants) and Mr Z. Polat and Mr M. Çöpür (the first and the third applicants), lawyers practising in Istanbul. The Turkish Government (“the Government”) did not designate an Agent for the purposes of the proceedings before the Court.
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