{"id":1639,"date":"2021-09-01T09:42:56","date_gmt":"2021-09-01T09:42:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/?p=1639"},"modified":"2024-01-26T10:56:46","modified_gmt":"2024-01-26T09:56:46","slug":"altinkaynak-and-others-v-turkey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/archive\/altinkaynak-and-others-v-turkey","title":{"rendered":"Alt\u0131nkaynak and Others v. Turkey"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1639\" class=\"elementor elementor-1639\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2b2744e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2b2744e\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-678edb1\" data-id=\"678edb1\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0fdbf9b elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"0fdbf9b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"509\" src=\"https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/bigstock-Young-Men-Play-The-Guitar-Pra-419137084-768x509.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-1640\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/bigstock-Young-Men-Play-The-Guitar-Pra-419137084-768x509.jpg 768w, https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/bigstock-Young-Men-Play-The-Guitar-Pra-419137084-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/bigstock-Young-Men-Play-The-Guitar-Pra-419137084-1024x678.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/bigstock-Young-Men-Play-The-Guitar-Pra-419137084-1536x1017.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/bigstock-Young-Men-Play-The-Guitar-Pra-419137084-2048x1356.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5920986 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5920986\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-xl\"><b>Alt\u0131nkaynak and Others v. Turkey (2019)<\/b><\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-efb4296 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"efb4296\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Turkey defies European Convention on Human Rights by discriminating against Christians<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-19b1b28 elementor-testimonial--skin-default elementor-testimonial--layout-image_inline elementor-testimonial--align-center elementor-arrows-yes elementor-pagination-type-bullets elementor-widget elementor-widget-testimonial-carousel\" data-id=\"19b1b28\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;show_arrows&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;pagination&quot;:&quot;bullets&quot;,&quot;speed&quot;:500,&quot;autoplay&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;autoplay_speed&quot;:5000,&quot;loop&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;pause_on_hover&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;pause_on_interaction&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;space_between&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:10,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;space_between_tablet&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:10,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;space_between_mobile&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:10,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]}}\" data-widget_type=\"testimonial-carousel.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-swiper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-main-swiper swiper\" role=\"region\" aria-roledescription=\"carousel\" aria-label=\"Slides\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial__text\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\u201cI am deeply grateful to ADF International for their great help over the past 15 years. This victory is theirs as much as ours.\u201d\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial__footer\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<cite class=\"elementor-testimonial__cite\"><span class=\"elementor-testimonial__name\">Evrim Altinkaynak<\/span><span class=\"elementor-testimonial__title\">Applicant in Altinkaynak and others v. Turkey at the European Court of Human Rights<\/span><\/cite>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ab3a5b1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ab3a5b1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4>What was at stake?<\/h4><ul><li>The right to freedom of association for religious foundations and organizations.<\/li><\/ul><h4>Summary<\/h4><p>Turkey ratified the European Convention on Human Rights in 1954. Nonetheless, it has shown a poor record in meeting its obligations: it is denying certain religious groups the freedom to worship together in their own building. Christian groups, in particular, have struggled to gain the necessary legal status to acquire their own building and secure their right of association.<\/p><p>Turkish law prohibits minority religions from attaining legal personality for foundations intended to serve the need of their community. This essentially bars the establishment of houses of worship, robbing Christians and other religious minorities of their ability to have fellowship with one another, worship together, and act collectively. This is a clear violation of the European Convention, which allows religious groups the right to meet as an association.<\/p><p>In the past, Turkish authorities granted some religious groups legal entity status but denied others. The law and procedures in Turkey, therefore, aren\u2019t clear and appear to prejudice Christian places of worship.<\/p><p>In 2004, a Seventh Day Adventists church, represented by Mr. Erkin Alt\u0131nkaynak, his wife, and four others, attempted to register a religious foundation as a legal entity. Their application was denied by the Turkish authorities. Upon appeal, this decision was upheld by two national courts.<\/p><p>In 2011, the foundation asked ADF International for legal support. In view of the fact that Turkey subscribes to the European Convention on Human Rights, ADF International and local allies filed a case with the European Court of Human Rights. On 15 January 2019, the Court ruled in favour of Mr. Alt\u0131nkaynak stating that Turkey had acted in violation of the right to freedom of association as protected by Article 11 of the European Convention.<\/p><p>Robert Clarke, Deputy Director of ADF International, who represented the applicants in the case, stated that, \u201cin its ruling, the European Court of Human Rights established today, yet again, that everyone has the right to choose their religion and to express it publicly and privately. This includes the freedom to do so in community with others. In its judgment today, the Court has clearly recognized that the approach taken by the Turkish officials and courts fell short of the standard set out in the Convention. Religious minorities in Turkey must have the right to freely practice their religion as much as any other person.\u201d<\/p><h4><strong>Our Role in the Case<\/strong><\/h4><p>ADF International represented Mr. Alt\u0131nkaynak before the European Court of Human Rights.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3fa31eb elementor-share-buttons--view-icon elementor-share-buttons--skin-gradient elementor-share-buttons--shape-square elementor-grid-0 elementor-share-buttons--color-official elementor-widget elementor-widget-share-buttons\" data-id=\"3fa31eb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"share-buttons.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-grid\" role=\"list\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-grid-item\" role=\"listitem\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-share-btn elementor-share-btn_facebook\" role=\"button\" 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