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Turkey will pay damages to journalist-painter Zehra Doğan

Turkey will pay damages to journalist-painter Zehra Doğan

Upon an application to the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR), Turkey has admitted that Zehra Doğan’s presumption of innocence was violated. Journalist-painter Doğan will now be paid 1,350 Euro in damages.

Petition by 27 organizations: Do what the law and justice command

Petition by 27 organizations: Do what the law and justice command

A petition has been launched: “The presumption of innocence is an absolute basic right. This right is constantly violated by people and institutions such as the President, Justice Minister and Interior Minister. This right is a matter of existence for legists.”

9 February 2022

'Administrative authorities exceeded the limit of their duty'

CONSTITUTIONAL COURT

'Administrative authorities exceeded the limit of their duty'

Examining two separate individual applications, the Constitutional Court has concluded that the disciplinary punishments given to two civil servants violated the presumption of innocence as they were acquitted of the offenses charged.

20 October 2020 Ayça Söylemez

From Kavala’s attorney to state-run news agency: Presumption of innocence violated

From Kavala’s attorney to state-run news agency: Presumption of innocence violated

The attorney of arrested businessperson and rights defender Osman Kavala has made a statement about the state-run Anadolu Agency (AA), which referred to Kavala in a news report entitled “The famous figures of the FETÖ were also brought to account.”