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881 13 hrcd [ 2002 ] MEHMET BAYRAK v. TURKEY Right to freedom of expression – friendly settlement Article 10 Turkey acknowledged that Turkish law and practice must as a matter of urgency be brought into con- formity with the requirements of Article 10 of the Convention. In a judgment delivered on 3 September 2002 in the case of Mehmet Bayrak v. Turkey , the European Court of Human Rights unanimously struck off the list the applicant’s complaint that there had been a violation of Article 10 (right to free- dom of expression) of the European Convention on Human Rights. 1 . Principal facts The applicant, Mehmet Bayrak, is a Turkish national, born in 1949 and resident in Germany. He was convicted three times by the Ankara National Security Court of spread- ing separatist propaganda, on account of three books with Kurdish themes he had written or published. On all three occasions the publications concerned were seized. Having originally convicted him in accordance with section 8 of the Prevention of Terrorism Act (Law No. 3713 ), the National Security Court reopened the le on each case after that provision was amended by Law No. 4126 , promulgated
Human Rights Case Digest – Brill
Published: Jan 1, 2002
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