European court rules Turkey violated rights in ByLock app cases

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The Turkish government had presented the use of the ByLock encrypted messaging app as evidence of criminal activity in these cases. The European Court of Human Rights on Tuesday ruled that the rights of a Turkish teacher convicted of what prosecutors called terrorism offences had been violated because the case was largely based on his use of a phone app.attempted coup in Turkey in 2016Ankara has blamed the coup on the followers of U.S.-based cleric Fethullah Gulen, a former ally of President. Turkey has listed Gulen’s movement as a terrorist organization known as FETO. Gulen denies any involvement in the failed putsch.

Yalcinkaya, from Kayseri province in central Anatolia, was convicted of membership of a terrorist organization in March 2017 and sentenced to more than six years’ imprisonment.The European court found the"decisive evidence" for his conviction was the alleged use of ByLock, which is said to have been used exclusively by Gulen supporters.

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