Aytekin Kaan Kurtul- Doctor of Philosophy
- Lecturer in Law at University of Huddersfield
Aytekin Kaan Kurtul
- Doctor of Philosophy
- Lecturer in Law at University of Huddersfield
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Dr Aytekin Kaan Kurtul is a Lecturer in Law at the University of Huddersfield. He holds a PhD from Middlesex University (2022) with a thesis on criminal defamation of heads of state, and an LLM from LUISS Guido Carli University in Rome, Italy (2016) where he specialised in international law. Kaan has several publications and blog posts on topics ranging from freedom of political expression to Westphalian sovereignty.
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This article addresses the erosion of constitutional secularism in Turkey in light of the criminal complaints filed by the Turkish NGO “Children and Women First Association” (Önce Çocuklar ve Kadınlar Derneği) against the members of Sufi cults who kidnapped orphaned victims of the earthquakes that took place in south-eastern Turkey in early Februar...
This article deals with the judgment of İstanbul’s 7th Criminal Court of First Instance (Asian circuit) regarding the (criminal) defamation accusations against mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu. It is argued that the İstanbul court blatantly ignored reasonable grounds to acquit İmamoğlu and that an eventual conviction may result in an illegitimate interference...
This article addresses the recognition of the Ukrainian experience of the Soviet Famine of 1930-33 as a “genocide” in light of the recent reform concerning the “hate speech provision” of the German criminal code which aims to criminalise “denialism”. The question is framed within the context of international human rights law and comparative law, an...
Unilateral coercive measures are deeply rooted in the history of statehood, yet their legal qualification continues to evolve. In a factually unequal international order, the governments of core countries continue to apply such measures as a foreign policy tool in driving peripheral countries to submission despite human rights concerns and a growin...
Avrupalı kanun koyucular tarafından tasarlanan "soykırımı inkâr" suçları ülkemizde uzun süredir 1915 Sevk ve İskanı bağlamında tartışılmaktadır. Bu durum, Avrupa İnsan Hakları Mahkemesi'nin (AİHM) "Perinçek-İsviçre" davasına ilişkin kararlarından sonra daha da geçerli olmuş ve söz konusu kararlar, bir iç siyaset savı oluşturma maksadıyla bağlamında...
In Turkey, Spain and Poland, lèse-majesté laws are weaponised against opposition: The conviction and imprisonment of Marxist rapper Pablo Hasél sparked mass protests across Spain, and the 20-year-old Wiktoria K. who shouted “f*** Duda” during last year’s demonstrations and received a guilty verdict on grounds of “insulting the President” in March 2...
With an inter-disciplinary approach, this chapter describes the impact of lèse-majesté laws on the exercise of freedom of political expression with particular focus on the plight of journalists in Turkey. To that end, it addresses the application of both past and current Turkish criminal defamation laws and assesses them in light of international h...
