KESKİN v. TURKEY
Inadmissible
Egidijus Kūris;Guido Raimondi;Helen Keller;Nebojša Vučinić;Paul Lemmens;Robert Spano
1. The applicant, Mr Ali Keskin, is a Turkish national, who was born in 1969 and lives in Erzurum. He was represented before the Court by Mr B. Bedirhanoğlu, a lawyer practising in Istanbul. The Turkish Government (“the Government”) were represented by their Agent. 2. The facts of the case, as submitted by the parties, may be summarised as follows. 3. On 21 August 2006 the applicant found his seven-year-old son, A.K., injured. 4. On 14 August 2008 the Oltu public prosecutor filed an indictment with the Oltu Assize Court, accusing N.K., the applicant’s former wife, of assaulting A.K. and murdering the couple’s first child, M.K. The applicant joined the criminal proceedings against N.K. as a civil party. 5. On 4 March 2010, after evaluating the medical reports, witness statements and the public prosecutor’s written opinion, the Oltu Assize Court acquitted N.K. of the charges against her. 6. On 25 May 2011 the Court of Cassation upheld the judgment of the Assize Court. This decision was deposited with the registry of the Assize Court on 21 June 2011. The president of the court noted on the judgment that the intervening party should be notified. According to the information in the case file, the judgment was not served on the applicant. On 6 January 2012 he obtained a copy from the registry of the first-instance court.