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Press Release concerning the Judgment Finding a Violation of Right to Personal Liberty and Security due to Failure to Redress the Previously Found Violation and Its Consequences

16 March 2018 Friday

Press Release concerning the Judgment Finding a Violation of Right to Personal Liberty and Security due to Failure to Re…

On 15 March 2018, the Plenary of the Constitutional Court found a violation of the right to personal liberty and security safeguarded by Article 19 of the Constitution in the second individual application lodged by Şahin Alpay (no. 2018/3007) on the grounds briefly explained below. The Constitutiona…
Press Release concerning the Judgment Finding a Violation of Right to Life of a Prisoner Who Committed Suicide in Prison

14 March 2018 Wednesday

Press Release concerning the Judgment Finding a Violation of Right to Life of a Prisoner Who Committed Suicide in Prison…

On 26 December 2017, the First Section of the Constitutional Court found violations of both substantive and procedural aspects of the right to life safeguarded in Article 17 of the Constitution in the individual application lodged by Recep Kolbasar (no. 2014/5042).
Press Release concerning the Judgment Finding a Violation of Right to Life due to Failure to Take Necessary Measures against Dangers Posed by a Public Building

14 February 2018 Wednesday

Press Release concerning the Judgment Finding a Violation of Right to Life due to Failure to Take Necessary Measures aga…

On 9 January 2018 in Bedrettin Yalçın and others (no. 2014/16380), the Second Section of the Constitutional Court found a violation of the right to life safeguarded by Article 17 of the Constitution and held that the applicants be paid 40,000 Turkish liras for the non-pecuniary damages.
Press Release concerning the Judgment Finding a Violation of Freedom of Expression of a Lawyer who Criticized the Public Prosecutor at a Hearing

02 February 2018 Friday

Press Release concerning the Judgment Finding a Violation of Freedom of Expression of a Lawyer who Criticized the Public…

On 27 December 2017, the Second Section of the Constitutional Court found a violation of freedom of expression safeguarded by Article 26 of the Constitution in the individual application lodged by Keleş Öztürk (no. 2014/15001).
Press Release concerning the Decision on Detention of the Applicant Who Is a Journalist (Mehmet Hasan Altan)

11 January 2018 Thursday

Press Release concerning the Decision on Detention of the Applicant Who Is a Journalist (Mehmet Hasan Altan)

On 11 January 2018, the Plenary of the Constitutional Court found violations of the right to personal liberty and security and the freedoms of expression and press in the individual application lodged by Mehmet Hasan Altan (no. 2016/23672) on the grounds briefly explained below.

The articles and sp…
Press Release concerning the Decision on Detention of the Applicant Who Is a Journalist (Şahin Alpay)

11 January 2018 Thursday

Press Release concerning the Decision on Detention of the Applicant Who Is a Journalist (Şahin Alpay)

On 11 January 2018, the Plenary of the Constitutional Court found violations of the right to personal liberty and security and the freedoms of expression and press in the individual application lodged by Şahin Alpay (no. 2016/16092) on the grounds briefly explained below.

The applicant has been det…
Press Release concerning the Decision on Detention of the Applicant Who Is a Journalist (Turhan Günay)

11 January 2018 Thursday

Press Release concerning the Decision on Detention of the Applicant Who Is a Journalist (Turhan Günay)

On 11 January 2018, the Plenary of the Constitutional Court found a violation of the right to personal liberty and security in the individual application lodged by Turhan Günay (no. 2016/50972) on the grounds briefly explained below.

The investigation authorities argued that upon the change of the …
Press Release concerning the Decision on Detention of the Applicant Who Is a Former Justice of the Constitutional Court

11 January 2018 Thursday

Press Release concerning the Decision on Detention of the Applicant Who Is a Former Justice of the Constitutional Court

On 11 January 2018, the Plenary of the Constitutional Court declared the individual application lodged by Alparslan Altan (no. 2016/15586) inadmissible on the grounds briefly explained below.

The investigation authorities maintained that the applicant was a member of the FETÖ/PDY and called by the …
Press Release concerning the Judgment Finding a Violation of the Procedural Aspect of the Prohibition of Treatment Incompatible with Human Dignity (Particularly in relation to the Principle of Conducting an Independent Investigation)

09 January 2018 Tuesday

Press Release concerning the Judgment Finding a Violation of the Procedural Aspect of the Prohibition of Treatment Incom…

On 16 November 2017, the Plenary of the Constitutional Court found a violation of the procedural obligation inherent in the prohibition of treatment incompatible with human dignity, which is enshrined in Article 17 § 3 of the Constitution, in the individual application lodged by Süleyman Göksel Yerd…
Press Release concerning the Judgment Finding a Violation of the Freedom of Expression due to Imposition of a Disciplinary Punishment on a Soldier in consequence of His Complaint to BIMER

05 January 2018 Friday

Press Release concerning the Judgment Finding a Violation of the Freedom of Expression due to Imposition of a Disciplina…

On 16 November 2017, the Plenary of the Constitutional Court found a violation of the freedom of expression safeguarded by Article 26 of the Constitution in the individual application lodged by Adem Talas (no. 2014/12143).