The European Court of Human Rights evaluated the application of a citizen who was tried and sentenced to prison for the crime of “Insulting the President”. The court stated that the decision was not correct and ordered the citizen to be paid 7,500 euros.
A citizen named Vedat Şorli, what he had done on social media before, Facebook posts He was detained on the grounds that he insulted the President. 11 months 20 days was sentenced to prison. Thereupon, the citizen, who made an individual application to the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR), encountered a partially surprising result.
ECHR, the decision of the court in Turkey “violation of freedom of expressionHowever, the court found the Republic of Turkey unjustified, and the citizen named Vedat Şorli 7.500 euros decided to pay. In the decision of the ECtHR, it is stated that senior managers can be the subject of criticism on social media, privilege cannot be developed expressed.
Requested to change the relevant law
In the statements made by the ECtHR, the crime of “Insulting the President” in Article 299 of the Turkish Penal Code is related to freedom of expression. is incompatibleIt was stated that this incompatibility should be brought in line with the case law of the ECtHR. That is, the court ordered that this decision be reviewed and even to be replaced wanted.
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With the decision made regarding the case of a citizen named Vedat Şorli, it is stated that the member states of the Council of Europe do not impose prison sentences for such cases, but Turkey and Azerbaijan It was underlined that such a practice exists in some countries such as Noting that this is worrisome, officials said that the decisions and of the lawsuits They argued that it should be reconsidered.
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