Saygılı and Others v. Turkey (19353/03)
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| Date | 20080108 |
|---|---|
| Article | 10 |
| Decision | violation |
Violation of Article 10
Saygılı and Others v. Turkey (no. 19353/03)
The applicants, Fevzi Saygılı, Nizamettin Taylan Bilgiç and Serpil Kurtay, are Turkish nationals who were born in 1966, 1972 and 1978 respectively and live in Istanbul. The case concerned the applicants’ complaint that they had been ordered to pay damages for publishing in the daily newspaper Evrensel (Universality) articles concerning people who had disappeared in Turkey. The Court held unanimously that there had been a violation of Article 10 (freedom of expression) and made a joint award to the applicants of EUR 2,500 for pecuniary damage and EUR 1,500 for non-pecuniary damage. (The judgment is available only in French.)