Communicated on 8 December 2017

SECOND SECTION

Application no. 70769/11 Barış GÜLLÜ against Turkey lodged on 25 October 2011

SUBJECT MATTER OF THE CASE

The applicant is a Turkish national who was born in 1980 and lives abroad. At the time of the events giving rise to the application, he was the owner and the editor-in-chief of a periodical entitled “ Özgür Halk ” ( Free People). The application concerns the criminal proceedings brought against the applicant for disseminating propaganda in favour of an illegal organisation under section 7 § 2 of the Prevention of Terrorism Act (Law no. 3713), on account of the content of certain articles published in the issue of 15 March 2004 (issue no. 148) of the periodical. The copies of issue no. 148 periodical were confiscated and, the applicant was convicted several times in the same set of proceedings. All first-instance judgments convicting the applicant were quashed by the Court of Cassation. On 30 October 2012 the first-instance court decided to discontinue the proceedings because the prosecution became time-barred.

QUESTION 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?