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Recent development
The Turkish Constitutional Court's Decision No. 2018/6707,
dated 31 March 2022, regarding the violation of a doctor's
freedom of expression was published in the Official Gazette on 26
May 2022. The Constitutional Court evaluated the freedom of
expression within the scope of scientific discussions. The decision
is available in Turkish
here.
Background
In the case, the applicant is a doctor and university professor.
The applicant made statements in a TV program about sugar loading
procedures during pregnancy. In the statements, the applicant
mentioned the practices of other doctors and made references to her
own book. Due to her statements, the Turkish Medical Association
ruled for her suspension from the profession for 15 days on the
grounds that the evaluations concern areas that are not her
expertise, harm public health, and involve advertisement and
discrediting of their colleagues.
