CEDH · CASELAW;COMMUNICATEDCASES;ENG — 8 décembre 2017

.s800EAC49 { font-size:12pt } .sFE10DC93 { margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:center } .sBB9EE52A { font-family:Arial } .sA6BC7FA7 { margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:14.2pt; text-align:right } .s9793A85B { margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:14.2pt } .s5E1364CA { margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:12pt; text-align:center; page-break-inside:avoid; page-break-after:avoid; font-size:14pt } .s8229ABDD { margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:12pt; text-align:center } .s68C46B95 { margin-top:36pt; margin-bottom:12pt; text-align:center } .s3F59B822 { font-family:Arial; font-weight:bold; text-transform:uppercase } .sA36B60A1 { font-family:Arial; font-style:italic } .s32563E28 { margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt }   Communicated on 8 December 2017   SECOND SECTION Application no. 69604/12 Maşallah YAMAÇ against Turkey lodged on 16 October 2012 SUBJECT MATTER OF THE CASE The applicant is a Turkish national who was born in 1968 and lives in Muş. The applicant was the head of the provincial branch of the Democratic Society Party ( Demokratik Toplum Partisi ) (DTP) in Muş, at the time of the events giving rise to the application. The application concerns criminal proceedings brought against the applicant for disseminating propaganda under section 7 § 2 of the Prevention of Terrorism Act (Law no.3713), on account of his statements that he made on ROJ TV, a Kurdish satellite television channel registered in and broadcast from Denmark, in which he allegedly praised a member of the PKK, an illegal armed organisation, and that member’s offences. At the end of the proceedings, he was convicted as charged and sentenced to a total of two years of imprisonment. The applicant relies on Article 10 of the Convention. QUESTIONS tO THE PARTIES Has there been a violation of the applicant’s right to freedom of expression, contrary to Article 10 of the Convention, on account of his conviction under section 7 § 2 of the Prevention of Terrorism Act?