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The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) convicted found Turkey in the case of Öner and Türk where two Kurdish politicians were sentenced to prison within Anti-Terror Act.

The European Court of Human Rights ordered Turkey to pay 3,333 euros in the case of Bayar and Gürbüz in which Turkey convicted former owner and editor of the daily newspaper Ülkede Özgür Gündem for publishing statements by a PKK leader.

The European Court of Human Rights convicted to Turkey of failing to complete an effective investigation in the case of Vefa Serdar who lost his arm due to wounds inflicted during Operation Back to Life in 2000.

No judicial progress has been made on the case of Güçlükonak where Gendarmerie forces killed 11 villagers in 1996.

Turkey appealed to the ECHR verdict on compulsory religion classes on its last day of application. The court may either admit or decline the application without any further explanation.

Mehmet Fidan has been detained during a demonstration in Şırnak province and subjected to torture. ECHR found Turkey guilty of torture.

The European Court of Human Rights convicted Turkey of sentencing two individuals who were sentenced to prison for “terrorism propaganda” when they attended the funeral of PKK guerrillas.

The European Court of Human Rights ruled that Turkey’s Directorate of Religious Affairs’s rejection of paying electricity bills of a cemevi is a “violation of right to religion” and “discrimination”.