http://dx.doi.org/10.17176/20210421-180747-0 https://staging.verfassungsblog.de/how-many-times-can-the-ecthr-turn-its-head/ How Many Times Can the ECtHR Turn its Head Kurban, Dilek eng 2021-04-21 electronic resource text/html ddc:342 ECtHR Erdogan Minority Protection Turkey Verfassungsblog Verfassungsblog--2366-7044 CC BY-SA 4.0 In the ruling Ahmet Hüsrev Altan v. Turkey of 13 April, the European Court of Human Rights did not find an ulterior motive in the prolonged pre-trial detention of a journalist in Turkey. The Court also refused to find “pattern and tendency” in the treatment of civil society and independent journalism in Turkey. This approach is not limited to Article 18 case law: The Court’s entire jurisprudence on Turkey lacks systematic analysis.