MEDIA MONITORING DATABASE
The Constitutional Court Decision – Kadri Gürsel
RELATED PERSON OR INSTITUTION
Kadri Gürsel
CITY
İstanbul
YEAR OF INTERFERENCE
2016
LAST UPDATED
14/11/2019
TYPE OF STATEMENT
Political
MEDIUM
Print Media
Newspaper
THE TITLE OF WHOSE RIGHT IS INTERFERED
Journalist
RIGHTS GUARANTEED UNDER THE RIGHT OF FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION
Right to Impart Information and Ideas
TYPE OF INTERFERENCE
Judicial Interference
Criminal Peace Judgeships
Issuing an arrest warrant
THE LEGAL GROUNDS FOR INTERFERENCE
Turkish Penal Code
Art. 220/6

The Constitutional Court decided on the Kadri Gürsel’s application for various violations of his rights concerning the trial of the Cumhuriyet Newspaper and the Penal Judgeship of Peace had not been adequately established. In light of this, the Constitutional Court held that the imprisonment of the journalist violated his right to freedom of the press and expression.

The members, Serdar ÖZGÜLDÜR, Muammer TOPAL and Rıdvan GÜLEÇ did not agree on the render. Through various opposite comments, they noted that they disagree about the violation of Atalay’s right to freedom of the press and expression.

 

ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS
Ahmet Kadri Gürsel [GK], B. No: 2016/50978, 2/5/2019 (Link)
The Constitutional Court Decision 02/05/2019
https://kararlarbilgibankasi.anayasa.gov.tr/BB/2016/50978?KelimeAra%5B%5D=kadri+g%C3%BCrsel