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The applicant in this case, Rahmi Akdaş is a publisher, residing in Bandirma, Turkey. In 1999 he published the Turkish translation of the erotic novel “Les onze mille verges” by the French writer Guillaume Apollinaire (“The Eleven Thousand Rods”, “On Bir Bin Kırbaç” in Turkish). The novel contains graphic descriptions of scenes of sexual intercourse, including various practices such as sadomasochism, vampirism and paedophilia. Akdaş was convicted under the Criminal Code for publishing obscene or immoral material liable to arouse and exploit sexual desire among the population. The publisher argued...

The Grand National Assembly of Turkey, Human Rights Investigation Commission, issued a report concerning its investigations into the allegation that some news reports by Turkish Media are likely to infringe upon the presumption of innocence. In the report entitled “Report on the Investigation of Alleged Violations Committed by Turkish Media Related to the Presumption of Innocence” the Commission criticised the current appearance of the Turkish Media as well as its way of reporting news. According to the report which begins with an analysis and evaluation chapter, the media’s efforts to be the first...

The Court’s judgment in the case of Ürper a.o. v. Turkey firmly condemns the bans on the future publication of four newspapers. At the material time the applicants were the owners, executive directors, editors-in-chief, news directors and journalists of four daily newspapers published in Turkey: Ülkede Özgür Gündem, Gündem, Güncel and Gerçek Demokrasi. The publication of all four newspapers was suspended, pursuant to section 6(5) of the Prevention of Terrorism Act (Law no. 3713) by various Chambers of the Istanbul Assize Court, between 16 November...

The Turkish Law on Intellectual and Artistic Works No. 5846 (LIA) is going to be amended. A draft is being prepared by a committee set up by the Copyright and Cinema Directorate of the Republic of Turkey, Ministry of Culture and Tourism (Ministry). According to information obtained from the Ministry the draft shall bring substantial amendments to copyright law. The main goal of the amendment is to provide harmonisation with EU copyright law. The Ministry has run a twinning project with the European Public Law Organisation (EPLO), as a result of which certain amendments to the law were proposed....

In recent years the number of movies and TV series produced in Turkey has shown a notable increase. Due to the deep public interest, most national TV channels prefer to broadcast series at prime time, rather than other kinds of programmes. Likewise, the cinema industry has shown a trend towards growth as a result of the remarkable success of Turkish directors as well as increasing audience attendance. In spite of these developments, the rightsholders have been struggling to pursue their rights through the collecting societies. Currently there are eight collecting societies established by producers...