How to search European Court of Human Rights judgments against Türkiye with AI (2026)

Short answer: Judgments and decisions of the European Court of Human Rights (Avrupa İnsan Hakları Mahkemesi, AİHM) are published in the Court’s database, HUDOC. The Court’s official languages are English and French; Turkish translations of some judgments against Türkiye are also available on HUDOC. If your AI assistant is connected to Yargı PRO, you can ask it to search judgments against Türkiye by the Article violated, application number, case name, date and language, and retrieve the text with a link to HUDOC.

Searching HUDOC, and its limits#

HUDOC’s interface is in English and French. It offers filters such as respondent state, language, document type (judgment or admissibility decision), Article violated and importance level. Three points to keep in mind:

• A search with Turkish words mostly returns Turkish translations; to find judgments that have not been translated, you need English or French terms.
• The same case appears as a separate row for each language, and a judgment can have more than one Turkish translation, made by different bodies.
• Turkish translations are not official texts. Before quoting one in a petition, compare it with the English or French text.

The Human Rights Department of the Turkish Ministry of Justice also publishes translations of judgments against Türkiye; many of these translations are on HUDOC as well.

What Yargı PRO covers for the European Court of Human Rights#

Each result shows the case name, application number, judgment date, the formation that decided it and a summary of the conclusion. The conclusion summary comes from HUDOC and is in English.

Searching with your AI assistant#

In the European Court of Human Rights search, a space means “and”; a phrase in quotes is searched exactly, and OR and NOT in capitals also work. The assistant applies these for you. Turkish practitioners usually search with Turkish terms, which hit the Turkish translations; ask for English terms when you need judgments that have not been translated.

Example requests:

• “Search judgments against Türkiye finding a violation of Article 10 of the Convention in convictions for social media posts, with their Turkish translations, newest first.”
• “Retrieve the judgment in application No. 44984/19 and summarise its reasoning.”
• “List judgments against Türkiye under Article 1 of Protocol No. 1 with importance level 1.”
• “Also find Constitutional Court individual application decisions on this issue and compare them with the European Court judgments.”

To search Constitutional Court decisions separately: How to search Turkish Constitutional Court decisions

A real search: Facebook posts and freedom of expression#

On 3 November 2026 we searched, with Yargı PRO’s tools, judgments against Türkiye finding a violation of Article 10 of the Convention, limited to Turkish translations, with the words “Facebook paylaşım” (Facebook post), sorted newest first. The tool reported 8 results. The first was:

G. v. Türkiye, application no. 44984/19, 9 July 2024 (Committee, Second Section). The applicant had been convicted of disseminating propaganda for a terrorist organisation because of posts on the applicant’s Facebook account, and the pronouncement of the judgment had been suspended (hükmün açıklanmasının geri bırakılması). Referring to D. and B. v. Türkiye, the Court held that the interference resulting from the suspension of the pronouncement of the judgment under Article 231 of the Code of Criminal Procedure was not “prescribed by law”, found a violation of Article 10 and awarded the applicant EUR 2,600 in respect of non-pecuniary damage. Text of the judgment on HUDOC

D. and B. v. Türkiye (3 October 2023), the judgment referred to, appeared in the list as two separate rows: one translation by the Ministry of Justice and one by another organisation. In the Turkish translation of application no. 44984/19, the application date is given as 6 August 1998, while the “/19” in the application number shows the application was lodged in 2019. When working from a translation, check dates and figures against the English text.

What to watch for#

• Verify the citation: A European Court citation is the case name, application number and judgment date. Check every citation the AI writes against the HUDOC link. More on this: AI hallucinations and fake citations.
• Finality: Grand Chamber and Committee judgments are final. A Chamber judgment becomes final if no request for referral to the Grand Chamber is made within three months, or if the request is rejected.
• Judgment vs. admissibility decision: Inadmissibility decisions can carry weight as precedent, but they contain no finding on the merits. Say in your request which document type you want.
• Domestic remedies: As a rule, an individual application to the Turkish Constitutional Court must be exhausted before applying to the European Court. Search the Constitutional Court’s decisions on the same issue too.

Which plan?#

European Court of Human Rights judgments are in every Yargı PRO plan, together with Yargıtay, Danıştay, regional court of appeal and Constitutional Court decisions. Search tools that return a list of results do not count against the monthly usage pool; retrieving the full text of a judgment does. The 14-day trial includes Pro access and requires no payment details. Your AI subscription is billed separately. Plans and prices: Pricing. To connect your AI: How to connect Claude, ChatGPT and Gemini to Turkish law sources