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ECtHR Holds Seizure of Sarıgül’s Draft Novel Violates Freedom of Expression, Turkey to Pay Compensation

ECtHR Holds Seizure of Sarıgül’s Draft Novel Violates Freedom of Expression, Turkey to Pay Compensation

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) ruled seizure of a draft novel that Resul Sarıgül had written in prison in 2004 by the Erzurum Prison administration constituted a violation of his right to freedom of expression.