3.  The applicant was born in 1960 and lives in Istanbul. 4.  The applicant, a navy captain at the material time, brought an action before the Supreme Military Administrative Court against the Ministry of Defence (“the Ministry”) for the annulment of his appointment to a different post, which he deemed to be unlawful. 5.  On 1 May 2007 a hearing was held on the case. Following the hearing, the Supreme Military Administrative Court adopted an interim decision, where it put further questions to the Ministry. The applicant was neither provided with the interim decision, nor was he informed of the Ministry's replies. 6.  On 29 May 2007 the Supreme Military Administrative Court delivered its judgment and refused the applicant's request regarding the annulment of his appointment. 7.  The applicant subsequently requested rectification of this judgment, along with the disqualification of the judges that delivered it, alleging their lack of independence and impartiality (hakimin reddi). 8.  On 13 July 2007 the Supreme Military Administrative Court dismissed the applicant's request for the disqualification of the judges, as it found his allegations to be groundless. 9.  On 9 October 2007 it rejected the applicant's rectification request.