The Constitutional Court (AYM) decided that the rights of freedom and security of the citizen, who acquitted in the first hearing of the lawsuit filed against him after staying under arrest for 13 months, were violated due to the citizen not being prosecuted “within a reasonable time.” The court stated, “The complication of the lawsuit and the high number of defendants or complainants can not be accepted as a rightful reason for not being prosecuted for such a long time.” The court issued 5 thousand TL compensation to be paid to the citizen.
The applicant has been detained and arrested on April 4, 2012 with a public lawsuit filed against him due to “membership to an armed terrorist organization, damaging property, making terrorist organization propaganda and violating the Law on Meetings and Demonstrations.” In the first hearing held 13 months after his arrest, a verdict of acquittal has been issued for the citizen.
26.02.2019
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