15.  On 2 February 1985 the applicant was arrested and placed in police custody. He was accused of membership of an illegal organisation, the Dev-Yol (Revolutionary Way). On 18 March 1985 the Ankara Martial Law Court (Sıkıyönetim Mahkemesi) ordered the applicant's detention on remand. 16.  On 26 February 1982 the Military Public Prosecutor filed a bill of indictment with the Ankara Martial Law Court setting out charges against seven hundred and twenty-three defendants, including the applicant. The military prosecutor accused the applicant of membership of an organisation whose aim was to undermine the constitutional order and replace it with a Marxist-Leninist regime, contrary to Articles 146 § 1 and 168 § 2 of the Criminal Code. 17.  After martial law was lifted, the Ankara Martial Law Court took the name of the Martial Law Court attached to the 4th Army Corps. 18.  On 19 July 1989 the Martial Law Court convicted the applicant and sentenced him to death penalty. The applicant appealed against the conviction and the case was referred to the Military Court of Cassation (Askeri Yargıtay). 19.  Following promulgation of the Law of 26 December 1994, which abolished the jurisdiction of the martial law courts, the Court of Cassation (Yargıtay) acquired jurisdiction over the cases and the files were sent to it. 20.  On 6 February 1995 the applicant was released pending trial. 21.  On 27 December 1995 the Court of Cassation upheld the applicant's conviction.