A Predatory Approach to Individual Rights: Erdogan Government’s Unlawful Seizures of Private Properties and Companies in Turkey

A Predatory Approach to Individual Rights: Erdogan Government’s Unlawful Seizures of Private Properties and Companies in Turkey

Property rights in Turkey are no longer protected because of the disregard the Erdogan government has shown to the rights of its dissidents.

Even though the anti-government Turks suffer from many different rights violations, the violations of the right to property should be separately noted since it is deemed a fundamental human right.

“Every natural or legal person is entitled to the peaceful enjoyment of his possessions” reads Article 1 of Protocol 1 to the European Convention on Human Rights.