I correctly predicted that there was a violation of human rights in BULUS AND OTHERS v. TURKEY.

Information

  • Judgment date: 2020-06-23
  • Communication date: 2018-01-25
  • Application number(s): 41788/09
  • Country:   TUR
  • Relevant ECHR article(s): 6, 6-1, 10, 10-1
  • Conclusion:
    Violation of Article 10 - Freedom of expression-{general} (Article 10-1 - Freedom of expression)
  • Result: Violation
    • SEE FINAL JUDGMENT

JURI Prediction

  • Probability: 0.555994
  • Prediction: Violation

  • Consistent


Legend

 In line with the court's judgment
 In opposition to the court's judgment
Darker color: higher probability
: In line with the court's judgment  
: In opposition to the court's judgment

Communication text used for prediction

SUBJECT MATTER OF the CASE The application concerns the conviction of the applicants for membership of the PKK, an illegal armed organisation, under Articles 220 § 7 and 314 of the Criminal Code.
At the time of the events giving rise to the present application, the applicants, Mr Ali Buluş, Mr Mehmet Karaaslan and Mr Bayram Parlak, were journalists and worked for Dicle News Agency (DİHA).
The first-instance court considered that the applicants had aided the PKK, an illegal armed organisation, knowingly and willingly, and thus should be considered as members of that organisation on the basis of the materials found in the Mersin branch of DİHA, as well as their homes and the applicants’ cameras.
The court found it established that the applicants had collected information, photographs and video footages of PKK members and public meetings held in favour the PKK; distributed them to media outlets that broadcasted in favour of that organisation; and hence had aided the PKK.
The first-instance court also noted that Mr Mehmet Karaaslan and Mr Bayram Parlak had signed a petition in the context of a campaign organised with a view to disseminating propaganda in favour of the PKK.
Mr Mehmet Karaaslan was also convicted under section 7(2) of the Prevention of Terrorism Act as he was he was arrested at the end of a demonstration held in protest of the detention conditions of Abdullah Öcalan, the leader of the PKK, despite his claim that he had been at the demonstration to cover the story as a journalist.
The applicants allege a violation of Articles 6 and 10 of the Convention.

Judgment