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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 (Former Second Section), sitting as a Chamber composed of:
The case originated in an application (no. 27699/95) 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 an Turkish national, Ms Hatice Tekdağ (“the applicant”), on 26 June 1995.
The applicant, who had been granted legal aid, was represented by Mr Philip Leach and, as of 4 September 2002, by Ms Anke Stock, lawyers practising in London. The Turkish Government (“the Government”) were represented by their Agent.
The applicant alleged that State officials abducted and killed her husband and that the authorities failed to carry out an effective and adequate investigation into his disappearance. She relied on Articles 2, 3, 5, 10, 13, 14 and 18 of the Convention.
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