The European Court of Human Rights on Tuesday condemned Turkey for the temporary and “arbitrary” detention of 427 Turkish judges after the attempted coup in July 2016.
European judges unanimously found that Ankara had violated the “right to freedom” guaranteed by the European Convention on Human Rights by temporarily imprisoning the judges.
Responding to a complaint brought by the 427 members of the Turkish judiciary who were arrested after the failed putsch, the court said their detentions were marked by “unlawfulness” and ordered Ankara to pay 5,000 euros in damages to each applicant.
Opposition Democracy and Progress Party deputy chairman Mustafa Yeneroğlu, who commented on the ECHR ruling on Tuesday, tweeted that the court’s ruling not only reveals that serious rights violations are taking place in Turkey but also shows how even fundamental rights are being destroyed.
2,847 judges and prosecutors were fired on charges of belonging to the Gulen organization. Turkey has been convicted several times by the European Court of Human Rights in recent months for human rights violations committed, especially during these purges.
In addition to the thousands who were jailed, scores of other Gulen movement followers had to flee Turkey to avoid the government crackdown. Many have tried to exit Turkey illegally since the government has revoked thousands of passports.
President Erdogan has been targeting followers of the Gulen movement, inspired by Turkish Islamic preacher Fethullah Gulen, since the corruption investigations of December 17-25, 2013, which implicated then-Prime Minister Erdogan, his family members, and his inner circle.
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