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- 1998/05/25
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26pp
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Printout of the judgment in the case of Socialist Party and others v. Turkey (application number 21237/93, case number 20/1997/804/1007). The Socialist Party, formed on 1 February 1988, was dissolved by a Constitutional Court order on 10 July 1992, which entailed the liquidation of the party and the transfer of its assets to the Treasury. As a consequence, the founders and managers of the party were banned from holding similar office in any other political body. The party was accused by the Turkish Government of being a tool for Kurdish separatism. On 25 May 1998, the European Court of Human Rights held that Turkey had violated Article 11 of the European Convention on Human Rights and awarded the two individual applicants 50,000 French francs each in non-pecuniary damages. This case was not part of the Kurdish Litigation Project. The full judgment is available for viewing at https://hudoc.echr.coe.int/?i=001-58172
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English