Şahin Karataş v. Turkey (16110/03)

Date	20080617
Article	5
Decision	violation

Violation of Article 5 §§ 1 and 5

Şahin Karataş v. Turkey (no. 16110/03)

The applicant, Şahin Karataş, is a Turkish national who was born in 1960 and lives in Istanbul.

He complained that he had been kept in detention for 43 days longer than the term of imprisonment to which he had been sentenced following several sets of proceedings against him. He also complained of the absence of a remedy by which to obtain compensation for the period of unlawful detention. He relied on Article 5 §§ 1 (a) and 5 (right to liberty and security).

The Court held unanimously that there had been a violation of Article 5 §§ 1 and 5 and awarded the applicant EUR 8,600 for non-pecuniary damage and EUR 4,000 for costs and expenses. (The judgment is available only in French.)