Yalçinkaya v Türkiye: A Chocolate-Box Judgment or a Victory for Human Rights?:European Court of Human Rights (Grand Chamber): Judgment of 26 September 2023
Journal: University of Birmingham Research Portal (University of Birmingham)
Year: 2024

After the failed coup in Türkiye on 15 July 2016, the Turkish government responded with an extensive purge of the public sector and the criminal prosecution of tens of thousands of individuals suspected of being associated with the Gülen Movement (FETÖ/PTY)—the organisation believed to be behind the coup. In several cases, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR or the Court) has been asked to address allegations of human rights abuses arising from this response and in Yalçinkaya v Türkiye, th