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Turkey Convicted of Extrajudicial Killing By Military and Police

Turkey Convicted of Extrajudicial Killing By Military and Police

The European Court of Human Rights has passed judgement on three cases of extrajudicial killing in two different police-military operations. Turkey has been sentenced to pay compensation for having violated “the right to life”.

6 September 2016

AYM: Blocking Prisoner’s Fax is Violation of Freedom of Information

AYM: Blocking Prisoner’s Fax is Violation of Freedom of Information

Constitutional Court has ruled that freedom of information of Musa Kaya, whose fax containing his opinion piece on solution process sent from prison to a newspaper, has been violated.

3 December 2015 Ayça Söylemez

ECtHR Finds No Violation in Kurdish Attorney, Politician’s Unidentified Murder

ECtHR Finds No Violation in Kurdish Attorney, Politician’s Unidentified Murder

ECtHR has ruled there is no violation of right to live in unidentified murder of Kurdish attorney and politician Şevket Epözdemir.

1 December 2015

ECHR Condemns Turkey Over Detainee Death

ECHR Condemns Turkey Over Detainee Death

ECHR judging as to İskender Özpolat killed in police operation in Diyarbakır and Mehmet Özpolat who lost his life in the hospital where he was taken after being battered has ruled that Turkey violated right to live.

27 October 2015 Ayça Söylemez

Turkey Convicted for Gas Canister Death

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Turkey Convicted for Gas Canister Death

ECHR gave a verdict on the case of the gas-canister-caused killing of Tarık Ataykaya. The court ruled in favor of the plaintiff, and expressed that “the canister had been aimed at Ataykaya.”

ECHR Convicts Turkey On Rights Abuse In Military

ECHR Convicts Turkey On Rights Abuse In Military

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) sentenced Turkey to pay a fine in the amount of 17,500 euros on the charge of violating the rights of freedom and security in the case of four specialists sergeants who were placed under chamber arrest.

Interference with Kurdish Letters Unlawful

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Interference with Kurdish Letters Unlawful

The European Court of Human Rights convicted Turkey of a violation of the "right to respect for private life" upon an application lodged by 10 prisoners. They had applied because letters in Kurdish written to their families had not been dispatched by the prison administrations.

12 January 2011 Erol Önderoğlu

“Turkey Not Abiding by ECHR Decrees”

A conference organised by the Centre for Global Studies at Yıldız Technical University has shown that Turkey has not changed its policies in the aftermath of certain ECHR decrees.

2 March 2009 Erol Önderoğlu

European Court Convicts Torture To A Peace Mother

Small tradesperson Yunus Atalay, Peace Mother Hadiye Dur and worker Mahfuz Türkan had gone to the European Court of Human Rights, when their efforts to seek justice in Turkey had not brought any results. The Court sentenced Turkey on the grounds of bad treatment for the three applications.

19 September 2008 Erol Önderoğlu

ECHR: Damages for Torture Victim

The ECHR has awarded damages to a young man who was tortured while in detention in Diyarbakir in 2002.

24 September 2007 A. Nilüfer Zengin Kürkçü,A. Nilüfer Zengin Kürkçü

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