For the individual application of 15 inmates including Recep Bekik, the Constitutional Court decided that the non-delivery of periodicals such as magazines and newspapers bought by them was a violation of the freedom of expression which was guaranteed by the Article 26 of the Constitution.
In its decision, the Constitutional Court has referred to “a structural problem” in the current system when it comes to accepting publications to penal institutions. The court has concluded that in evaluating to decide whether they will accept the newspapers and magazines or not, the prisons do not follow “consistent criteria as put forward by the Constitutional Court.” The Constitutional Court ruled that each applicant be paid 500 TL. The decision on 27 March was published in the Official Gazette on 21 May.