Conviction based on app use violated Turkish teacher's rights, European court says

Conviction based on app use violated Turkiye teacher's rights - European Court

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruled on Tuesday that a Turkish teacher convicted in 2017 of terrorism offences had his rights violated because the case against him relied mostly on his use of an encrypted messaging application, Reuters reports. The Court said its ruling on the conviction of Yuksel Yalcinkaya, a former teacher, could apply to thousands of other Turks who were jailed following a 2016 failed coup attempt that Turkiye bla…

Conviction based on app use violated Turkish teacher's rights, European court says

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruled on Tuesday that a Turkish teacher convicted in 2017 of terrorism offences had his rights violated because the case against him relied mostly on his use of an encrypted messaging application.

Conviction based on app use violated Turkish teacher's rights

Turkish Justice minister Yilmaz Tunc said on social media that "The ECHR clearly exceeded its authority by evaluating evidence."

European court rules Turkish teacher’s rights were violated by conviction based on phone app use

ISTANBUL (AP) — The European Court of Human Rights on Tuesday ruled that the rights of a Turkish teacher convicted of what prosecutors called terrorism offences had been violated because the case was largely based on his use of a phone app. The court said its ruling could apply to thousands of people convicted following an attempted coup in Turkey in 2016 after the prosecution presented use of the ByLock encrypted messaging app as evidence of a …

European court rules Turkish teacher's rights were violated by conviction based on phone app use

FILE - View of the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg, eastern France, Thursday, Jan.26, 2023. The European Court of Human Rights on Tuesday, Sept. 26, 2023, ruled that the rights of a Turkish teacher convicted of what prosecutors called terrorism offences had been violated because the case was largely based on his use of a phone app. (AP Photo/Jean-Francois Badias, File) (Jean-Francois Badias / Associated Press) European court rules …

European court rules Turkish teacher's rights were violated by conviction based on phone app use

ISTANBUL (AP) — The European Court of Human Rights says that the rights of a Turkish teacher convicted of terrorism offences were violated because the case was largely based on his use of a phone app. The court said Tuesday that its ruling could apply to thousands of people convicted following an attempted coup in Turkey in 2016, where the prosecution presented use of the ByLock encrypted messaging app as evidence. Yuksel Yalcinkaya was among te…