NAMIK YUKSEL v. TURKIYE - 28791/10 (No Article 8 - Right to respect for private and family life : Second Section)

Art 8 • Family life • Restrictions imposed on applicant's contact with four-year-old son staying with his wife in the same prison • Domestic authorities, by allowing the applicant to have one hour weekly non-contact visits with son and one hour monthly contact visits with wife and son, had taken all necessary steps that could have been reasonably expected • In particular case - circumstances fair balance struck between competing interests

This judgment will become final in the circumstances set out in Article 44 § 2 of the Convention. It may be subject to editorial revision.

The European Court of Human Rights (Second Section), sitting as a Chamber composed of:

Arnfinn Bårdsen , President , Jovan Ilievski, Pauliine Koskelo, Saadet Yüksel, Lorraine Schembri Orland, Davor Derenčinović, Gediminas Sagatys , judges , and Dorothee von Arnim, Deputy Section Registrar,

the application (no. 28791/10 ) against the Republic of Türkiye lodged with the Court under Article 34 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms ("the Convention") by a Turkish national, Mr Namık Yüksel ("the applicant"), on 15 April 2010;