9.  The applicant was born in 1953 and lives in Ankara. 10.  On 17 February 1981 the applicant was arrested and placed in police custody by police officers from the Ankara Security Directorate. He was accused of membership of an illegal organisation, the Dev-Yol (Revolutionary Way). On 15 April 1981 the Ankara Martial Law Court (sıkıyönetim mahkemesi) ordered the applicant's detention on remand. 11.  On 26 February 1982 the Military Public Prosecutor filed a bill of indictment with the Ankara Martial Law Court against the applicant and 722 other defendants. The prosecution requested that the applicant be convicted and sentenced pursuant to Article 168 § 2 of the Criminal Code on account of his membership of an illegal armed 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. 12.  On 31 December 1983 the applicant was released pending trial. 13.  On 11 November 1987 the court requested the public prosecutor to formulate his opinion on the charges. On 23 March 1988 the public prosecutor filed his opinion with the court. 14.  On 19 July 1989 the Ankara Martial Law Court found the applicant guilty as charged and sentenced him to six years and eight months' imprisonment. The applicant was also permanently debarred from public service. The applicant appealed against the conviction and the case was referred to the Military Court of Cassation (Askeri Yargıtay). 15.  Following the promulgation of Law no. 3953 of 27 December 1993, which abolished the jurisdiction of the martial law courts, the Court of Cassation acquired jurisdiction over the case and the file was transmitted to it. 16.  On 27 December 1995 the Court of Cassation revised the judgment of the first-instance court, sentenced the applicant to five years' imprisonment and debarred him from public service for three years. 17.  On 23 May 1996 the applicant was dismissed from his post at the Ankara Municipality on account of his conviction. 18.  On 11 December 1996 the applicant was permitted to return to his previous post and to work as the head of the research and planning department of the municipality.