nam 22 uu 4500 10.17176/20180720-091632-0 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 180720s2018||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.17176/20180720-091632-0 doi eng 342 23 Tecimer, Cem Author aut The Curious Case of Article 299 of the Turkish Penal Code: Insulting the Turkish President Tecimer, Cem Verfassungsblog 2018-07-20 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier Judgments by the Strasbourg Court are binding on Turkey and furthermore are the primary source for interpreting the European Convention of Human Rights, a treaty to which Turkey is party and which, according to Article 90 of the Turkish Constitution, prevails over national laws such as Article 299 of the Turkish Penal Code on insulting the President, in the event of conflict. ECtHR jurisprudence clearly indicates such a conflict between Article 299 and the Convention. But are Turkish courts aware of this? CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 Freedom of Speech President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://verfassungsblog.de/the-curious-case-of-article-299-of-the-turkish-penal-code-insulting-the-turkish-president/ raw object