STORY CONTINUES BELOW THESE SALTWIRE VIDEOSISTANBUL - The European Court of Human Rights ruled on Tuesday that a Turkish teacher convicted in 2017 of terrorism offences had his rights violated because the case against him relied mostly on his use of an encrypted messaging application.
Turkey, whose justice minister criticised the ECHR's ruling, considers Gulen's movement a terrorist organisation. Yalcinkaya was convicted in 2017 of membership in the group and sentenced to six years and three months in prison. The ECHR said the conviction violated Yalcinkaya's rights to a fair trial, freedom of assembly and due process.
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