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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12751

30 June 2021
Contents Publication in full By article 28 / 36
COUNCIL OF EUROPE / Turkey
ECHR condemns Turkey for arrest of a Constitutional Court judge after coup attempt
Strasbourg, 29/06/2021 (Agence Europe)

In a judgment published on Tuesday 29 June, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) condemned Turkey for the arrest, pre-trial detention and search of the home of a former Constitutional Court judge arrested in the aftermath of the July 2016 coup attempt.

Accused of belonging to an armed terrorist organisation (FETÖ/FDY), Erdal Tercan was arrested and sentenced solely on the basis of suspicions and without any respect for the procedural guarantees granted to the judiciary in order to...

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