Çelik v. Turkey (No. 1) (39324/02)

Date	20090120
Article	3, 13
Decision	violation

The applicant, Murat Çelik, is a Turkish national who was born in 1966 and lives in Istanbul. He is a lawyer. The applicant alleged that in February 1999 he was ill-treated by police officers. He relied on Articles 3 (prohibition of inhuman or degrading treatment), 6 (right to a fair hearing), 8 (right to respect for private and family life), 13 (right to an effective remedy) and 14 (prohibition of discrimination). The Court held, unanimously, that there had been no violation of Article 3 concerning the alleged ill-treatment and, by five votes to two, that there had been a violation of that Article concerning the lack of an effective investigation. It further held that there was no need to examine separately the complaints under Articles 6, 8, 13 and 14. Mr Çelik was awarded EUR 5,000 in respect of non-pecuniary damage and EUR 1,000 for costs and expenses. (The judgment is available only in English.)