Greece , 1 July 1997, §   39, Reports of Judgments and Decisions 1997-IV; and Yumak and Sadak   v. Turkey [GC], no. 10226/03, § 109 (iii), 8 July 2008). 42.

  Finland , no. 30542/04, §   41, 7 July 2009 and Sadak and Others v. Turkey , nos. 29900/96, 29901/96, 29902/96 and 29903/96, § 67, ECHR 2001 ‑ VIII). 40.

Such measures form part of the diligence which the Contracting States must exercise in order to ensure that the rights guaranteed by Article 6 are enjoyed in an effective manner (see Sadak and Others v

that the means employed are not disproportionate or arbitrary (see Davydov and   Others , cited above, § 272; see also Paksas , cited above, § 96-97; Tănase , cited above, §§ 161-62; and Dicle and Sadak

Norway (19 February 1996, §§ 52-54, Reports of Judgments and Decisions 1996 ‑ I), and Sadak and Others v. Turkey (no.   1) (nos.

context of another, at least so long as the chosen system provides for conditions which will ensure the “free expression of the opinion of the people in the choice of the legislature” (see Yumak and Sadak

does not consider that it can conclude that a case no longer has a valid legal interest for the applicant on the ground that there have been changes in domestic legislation since the material time (see Sadak

  Romania (cited above) for the purpose of Article 35 § 2 (b) of the Convention (see, mutatis mutandis , Sadak v. Turkey , nos. 25142/94 and 27099/95, §§ 32-33, 8   April 2004). 46.

such an extent as to impair their very essence and deprive them of their effectiveness; that they are imposed in pursuit of a legitimate aim; and that the means employed are not disproportionate (see Sadak

the concern to maintain the integrity and effectiveness of an electoral procedure aimed at identifying the will of the people through universal suffrage (see Hirst , cited above, § 62, and Yumak and Sadak

    Article 6 § 1 taken together with 6 § 3 also requires the Contracting States to take positive steps to enable the accused to examine or have examined witnesses against him (see Sadak and

    In March 2017 the applicant gave various interviews to an online newspaper and other media, stating amongst other things that he had been on the front line in the village of Tal Saman about

Such measures form part of the diligence which the Contracting States must exercise in order to ensure that the rights guaranteed by Article 6 are enjoyed in an effective manner” (see Sadak and Others

that paragraph 1 of Article 6 taken together with paragraph 3 requires the Contracting States to take positive steps so as to enable the accused to examine or have examined witnesses against him (see, Sadak

of Article   6 taken together with paragraph   3 requires the Contracting States to take positive steps so as to enable the accused to examine or have examined witnesses against him (see, Sadak

Such measures form part of the diligence which the Contracting States must exercise in order to ensure that the rights guaranteed by Article 6 are enjoyed in an effective manner (see Sadak and Others v

of Article   6, taken together with paragraph   3, requires the Contracting States to take positive steps so as to enable the accused to examine or have examined witnesses against him (see Sadak

opinion flowing through a country’s population, political parties make an irreplaceable contribution to the political debate which is at the very core of the concept of a democratic society (see Yumak and Sadak

In such circumstances, his failure to specify the compensation claim cannot be regarded as an unequivocal waiver of the right to have the claim decided on the merits (see, mutatis mutandis , Sadak and