Kiss on the terrace. The Latest Trends in the Interpretation of the Right to Privacy in the Jurisprudence of the European Court of Human Rights, Reflecting on the Turkish Legal Developments

Author(s):

Erzsébet Szabó drELTE European Human Rights LL.M.Orcid ID: 0001-6650-0644

Published: 2022

Number of pages: 23-30

PDF file: 5-Erzsebet-Szabo-dr_7_2022_p-23-30.pdf

Abstract

Did broadcasting private, intimate moments of a celebrity by a television channel exceed the limits of press freedom and had
infringed the applicant’s right to respect for her private life if the applicant did not present any evidence that broadcasting the images
would have had any negative effect on her mental state, her professional life, and her reputation? In 2023 along what principles can the authorities find a fair balance between freedom of the press and the right to respect for the private life? How does the court evaluate the circumstances in which the images of the person concerned had been filmed and her behavior at the time they were taken in 2023? Where are the boundaries of a public person’s private life and professional activity noting that how a celebrity and to what extent he/she had to be sufficiently attentive to protect his/her privacy and on the other hand, what elements needed to be proven in a dispute to underpin the unacceptable feeling of embarrassment. Through the case law of the European Court of Human Rights we can find the most important landmarks of the legal development to find the balance between the competing interests. I summarize the most important milestones of legal development1 through the Tüzünatac v. Turkey case of the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR). Birsen has emerged victorious in a case heard by the ECHR, which condemned Turkey for failing to protect her private life. The ECHR ruled that despite their celebrity status, an individual’s love life is considered strictly private, and that the video in question appeared to serve only the purpose of satisfying the curiosity of a particular audience.

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Kiss on the terrace. The Latest Trends in the Interpretation of the Right to Privacy in the Jurisprudence of the European Court of Human Rights, Reflecting on the Turkish Legal Developments

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