European Court of Human Rights

Turkey's Constitutional Court has decided a local court which ruled for the arrests of journalists Can Dündar and Erdem Gül had made an "apparent discretion mistake" concerning the ruling which put the two behind bars for over 90 days.

The decision by the Constitutional Court on the release of jailed journalists Can Dündar and Erdem Gül was not a surprise. It is in line with the top court's other verdicts on human rights matters.

Long-term military curfews constitute a violation of the European Convention of Human Rights, former European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) judge R?za Türmen has told daily Radikal, amid continued curfews in a number of towns in southeastern Turkey.

President Vladimir Putin has signed a law allowing Russia's Constitutional Court to decide whether or not to implement rulings of international human rights courts. 

The law, published on Dec. 15 on the government website, enables the Russian court to overturn decisions of the Strasbourg-based European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) if it deems them unconstitutional. 

The Constitutional Court has ruled that the conviction of a Turkish author over a book he wrote about former President Abdullah Gül constituted a violation of freedom of expression.The court has ordered a retrial, stating that penalization of criticism of politicians would "damage pluralism" in society.

The European Court of Human Rights has elected two new vice-presidents: I??l Karaka? from Turkey and András Sajó from Hungary. They have both been elected for a three-year term and will take up their respective duties on Nov. 1.

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has ordered a Turkish construction company, Ünal Akp?nar ?n?aat ?malat Sanayi ve Ticaret, to be given 1 million euros in pecuniary damages due to its losses on a project in the southeastern province of ?anl?urfa. 

Turkey?s human rights record has never been a bright one. Especially in the 1980?s and 1990?s when Turkey entered a spiral of violence due to the Kurdish issue, human rights violations became a major and shameful headache for Turks.

The government is obliged to implement decisions taken by Turkey?s Supreme Court and the ECHR on the rights of the Alevis, or else the justice system will be blocked by thousands of new legal cases and ?unfortunate?

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has fined Greek Cyprus 8.75 million euros for wrongdoing in the compulsory purchase of Limasol, which used to belong to Michael Theodossiou Ltd.