The Curious Case of Article 299 of the Turkish Penal Code: Insulting the Turkish President Tecimer, Cem Author aut Text xx# 2018 Verfassungsblog 2018-07-20 eng
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 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 Tecimer, Cem Freedom of Speech President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan 342 https://verfassungsblog.de/the-curious-case-of-article-299-of-the-turkish-penal-code-insulting-the-turkish-president/ Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH 10.17176/20180720-091632-0 180720 10.17176/20180720-091632-0 Converted from MARCXML to MODS version 3.7 using MARC21slim2MODS3-7.xsl (Revision 1.140 20200717)