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Istanbul 14th Peace Court convicted author Sevan Nişanyan to 13.5 months of prison for “openly insulting religious values of a certain faction of the society” in one of his articles.

The European Court of Human Rights found Turkey guilty on the 1996 disappearance of 5 shepherds in Hakkari province, ordering the Turkish state to pay a total of 100,000 euros to applicants.

The European Court of Human Rights found PM Erdogan's bodyguards guilty for inflicting ill-treatment on Necati Yılmaz during an inauguration ceremony, ordering Turkey to pay the applicant 12,000 euros in respect of non-pecuniary damages.

The European Court of Human Rights ordered Turkey to pay a total of 50,000 euros to 5 politicians who were convicted by Turkish courts for speaking Kurdish during various election campaigns between 2002 and 2007.