4.  The applicants were born in 1965, 1973, 1967, 1971, 1966 and 1970 respectively. The first applicant was in Mardin prison and the remaining applicants were in Diyarbakir prison at the time of their applications to the Court. 5.  The applicants were all arrested and taken into custody on suspicion of membership of Hezbollah. They were subsequently remanded in custody. 6.  However, at the request of the Governor of the State of Emergency Region and the public prosecutor, pursuant to Article 3 (c) of Law-Decree no. 430, which allowed them to take further measures within the framework of the state of emergency, a single judge at the State Security Court authorised the applicants’ return from prison to the Anti-terror branch of the relevant Security Directorate for further interrogation for a duration not exceeding ten days. 7.  All the applicants save for the first applicant returned to prison before the ten day period was over. In respect of the first applicant, a single judge at the State Security Court extended, on 5 August 2002, his detention at the Security Directorate for another ten days. The applicant’s lawyer objected. His objection was accepted by the State Security Court and the first applicant returned to prison. 8.  The details are indicated in the table below:
 
APPLICATION NO.
NAME OF THE APPLICANT
DATE OF REMAND IN CUSTODY
DATE OF TRANSFER TO THE SECURITY DIRECTORATE
DATE OF RETURN TO PRISON
33412/01
Ekrem Zerey
26/07/2002
26/07/2002
09/08/2002
30229/02
Rıfat Demir
07/12/2001
08/12/2001
10/12/2001
30229/02
Mehmet Garip
Özer
07/12/2001
08/12/2001
10/12/2001
30229/02
Ahmet Şahin
07/12/2001
08/12/2001
10/12/2001
30263/02
Ahmet Durmaz 
07/12/2001
08/12/2001
17/12/2001
30263/02
Davut Şahin
07/12/2001
08/12/2001
17/12/2001