On 25 August 2026 a Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights delivered judgment in a case it titles “CASE OF KAVALA v. TÜRKİYE (No. 2)”, brought against Türkiye under application no. 2170/24.
The Court recorded a violation of Articles 3, 5, 6, 10, 11 and 18 of the Convention.
The Court states its conclusion as: “Preliminary objection dismissed (Art. 35) Admissibility criteria;(Art. 35-1) Exhaustion of domestic remedies;Remainder inadmissible (Art. 35) Admissibility criteria;(Art. 35-1) Exhaustion of domestic remedies;Violation of Article 10 - Freedom of expression - {general} (Article 10-1 - Freedom of expression);Violation of Article 11 - Freedom of assembly and association (Article 11-1 - Freedom of peaceful assembly);Violation of Article 6 - Right to a fair trial (Article 6 - Criminal proceedings;Article 6-1 - Fair hearing;Impartial tribunal;Independent tribunal);Violation of Article 5 - Right to liberty and security (Article 5-1 - Deprivation of liberty;Article 5-1-a - After conviction;Article 5-1-c - Reasonable suspicion);Violation of Article 18 - Limitation on use of restrictions on rights (Article 18 - Restrictions for unauthorised purposes);Violation of Article 3 - Prohibition of…”
The wording in quotation marks above is the Court's own conclusion, reproduced so that the finding can be checked against the record. It is not this service's summary of the judgment.
The Court's record marks this judgment as carrying one or more separate opinions, meaning at least one judge set out a concurring or dissenting view. Their contents are not reported here.
This record establishes that the Court delivered this judgment on 25 August 2026 and what it recorded as its findings. It does not establish anything about the underlying events beyond what the Court found, it does not report what either party said, and it does not state what follows for Türkiye or for anyone else. A Chamber judgment may be referred to the Grand Chamber and is not necessarily the end of the case.