 As armed forces officers, such military judges remained dependent on the military for salary and pension, subject to military discipline and therefore not independent of military control.In a number of cases the European Court of Human Rights has found the presence of military judges in the State Security Courts to be a violation of the fair trial principles set out in Article 6 of the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (ECHR).In June 1999 the then Turkish government removed the military judge from the bench.