CASE OF ALDEMİR v. TURKEY
Violation of Article 6 - Right to a fair trial
András Sajó;Françoise Tulkens;Ireneu Cabral Barreto;Nona Tsotsoria;Vladimiro Zagrebelsky
4. The applicant was born in 1978 and lives in İstanbul. 5. On 27 July 2003 the applicant was stabbed by F.Ç. On the same day the police took statements from F.Ç. and the applicant separately. They were both wounded and accused each other of starting the fight. On 29 July 2003 the Bakırköy Forensic Institute delivered its reports on the applicant and F.Ç., which stated that they were unfit for work for ten and seven days respectively. On 31 July 2003 the Bakırköy Public Prosecutor filed an indictment against the applicant and F.Ç. for assault occasioning bodily harm. The indictment was not served on the applicant or F.Ç. On 21 November 2003 the Bakırköy Magistrate’s Court issued a penal order without holding a hearing and found the applicant and F.Ç. guilty as charged. The court fined each of them 462,377,000 Turkish liras. In doing so, it relied on the “simplified procedure” stipulated in Article 386 of the Code of Criminal Procedure for relatively minor offences. On 14 January 2004 the applicant challenged this decision before the Bakırköy Criminal Court. On 30 January 2004 the Bakırköy Criminal Court dismissed the objection without holding a hearing.