Turkey Violates Right To Organization In H.E.P. Case

STRASBOURG (A.A) - 09.04.2002 - European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) decided on Tuesday that Turkey violated the right to organization of the European Convention on Human Rights upon the complaint of former administrators of banned People's Labour Party (HEP).
The court did not find it necessary to examine the applications made related with the article 9 regulating freedom of thought, article 10 regulating freedom of expression, article 6 regulating the right to a fair trial, and article 14 regulating the ban of discrimination.
ECHR fined Turkey to almost 40 thousand euro financial compensation in this case.
Feridun Yazar, Ahmet Karatas and Ibrahim Aksoy, the former administrators of HEP, applied to ECHR in 1993 after the Constitutional Court had decided to close down their party on charges of trying to harm national integrity.