Paşaoğlu v. Turkey (8932/03)

Date	20080708
Article	8
Decision	violation

Violation of Article 8

Paşaoğlu v. Turkey (no. 8932/03)

The applicant, Turan Paşaoğlu, is a Turkish national who was born in 1963 and lives in Salonika (Greece).

The case concerned the refusal of the Turkish authorities to grant the applicant a renewal of his passport on account of a restriction registered in his name by the Turkish Ministry of the Interior. The applicant relied on Article 8 (right to respect for private and family life).

Having regard to the applicant’s personal and family situation at the relevant time, the Court considered that the maintaining of the measure for a long period, in the absence of any criminal charge, was disproportionate and could not be regarded as “necessary in a democratic society”. Accordingly, the Court held unanimously that there had been a violation of Article 8 and awarded the applicant EUR 5,000 for non-pecuniary damage, together with EUR 267 for costs and expenses. (The judgment is available only in French.)