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The Case of N.B.B.

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Latitude: 39.156742234579085

Longitude: 33.47314274311104

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Case Summary: The Constitutional Court of the Republic of Turkey recognized the existence of the "right to be forgotten", and found that this right had been violated by the presence of a 17-year-old news article about an individual's drug conviction on a newspaper's internet archive. The case concerned a Turkish citizen (N.B.B.) who was convicted of drug related crimes in 1998. Three articles about this incident were published by a national newspaper between 1998 and 1999, and were subsequently included in an online archive. In 2013, N.B.B. requested that the newspaper de-index the articles, claiming that they were outdated and harmed his reputation. The case eventually reached the Constitutional Court, which held that the articles were outdated, served no public interest purpose, and that making them easily accessible online harmed N.B.B.'s reputation.

Case Significance: The decision establishes a binding or persuasive precedent within its jurisdiction.

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