by Ferhat Canbolat* and Günhan Gönül Koşar**
Abstract This article seeks to explore the freedom of the press and the protection of personality rights in Türkiye from the perspective of the ECtHR. First, this article reviews the freedom of the press in Türkiye. Second, it examines personality rights as a limit to the freedom of the press under Turkish law. To this end, the concept of personality rights, their protection and personality rights as a limit to the freedom of the press are analysed. Third, it examines the ECtHR’s approach to limits to the freedom of the press and how this compares with the approach of Turkish courts. Finally, it analyses the ECtHR’s Sağdıç v. Turkey judgment.
Keywords: freedom of the press, personality rights, privacy, reputation, journalism.
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