Abstract:

The right to information is one of the newly recognized rights throughout the world as well as in Turkey. The right to information, which aims to protect the individual against the state and to secure transparency and accountability, finds its normative basis in the freedom of expression. However up until now this right has not been recognized in the Court in the context of the freedom of expression. In this study, this point has been expanded to show the distinction between the right to information and the freedom to receive information. In this respect, Article 8 of the Convention dealing the right to respect for private and family life and Article 10 of the Convention on freedom of expression, have been scrutinized. Article 19 of the UN Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the reports of the UN Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Expression have been analyzed in the context of the Court’s interpretation of Article 10

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