However,  the  company  filed an  appeal against 
this  decision;  on  March  31,  2003, the  Twelfth 
Chamber of the High Administrative Court found 
that  the  administration’s  decision  was  in 
accordance with the law, since the requirements 
for the post indicated that it was for men only, 
which  was  in  accordance  with  its  nature  and 
public interest. On March 17, 2004, Ms. Boyraz 
was dismissed from her position and her case was 
closed. 
 
The  ECHR  established  that  the  Turkish  courts 
did not see a violation neither Art. 8, nor Art. 14 
of the Convention in this case, as they relate to a 
right  not  enshrined  in  this  international 
instrument, namely the right to employment as a 
civil  servant.  The  Court  emphasized  that  Ms. 
Boyraz was appointed as a security officer on a 
contractual basis and was dismissed because of 
her gender. Such a radical measure as dismissal 
only because of gender has negatively affected 
the  identity,  self-perception  and  self-esteem  of 
the person, and as a result, - on her private life. 
Therefore, the Court decided that the dismissal of 
Ms. Boyraz was a violation of her right to respect 
for her private life, as it also had consequences 
for  her  family  and  the  possibility  of  having  a 
profession that corresponds to her qualifications. 
The ECHR concluded that in this case there was 
a  violation  of  Art.  8  and  Art.  14  of  the 
Convention. 
 
For the violation of her legal rights, the applicant 
demanded  200,000  euros  (EUR)  and  50,000 
euros  as  compensation  for  material  and  moral 
damage, respectively. 
 
At the same time, the ECHR noted that Boyraz 
did not provide any documents in support of her 
claim  for  compensation  for pecuniary  damage, 
therefore  the  Court  left  this  claim  unsatisfied. 
However, it believes that the victim suffered pain 
and suffering, which cannot be compensated by 
confirming the fact that her rights were violated. 
Considering  the  nature  of  the  established 
violations, the Court considers it appropriate to 
award  her  10,000  euros  as  compensation  for 
moral damage. 
 
Dismissal due to illness  
 
According  to  the  materials  of  the  case                           
“I.B. v Greece” (2013), the claimant has worked 
for a jewellery company since 2001. In January 
2005,  he  told  three  of  his  colleagues  that  he 
feared  he  had  contracted  the  human 
immunodeficiency  virus  (HIV);  this  was  later 
confirmed by the relevant test. Shortly thereafter, 
his employer received a letter from these three 
persons, in which they claimed that the applicant 
had AIDS and that the company should fire him. 
Information about the applicant’s health began to 
spread  throughout  the  enterprise,  where  70 
people  worked.  The  staff  demanded  his 
dismissal. The employer invited an occupational 
health doctor to communicate with employees; 
he  tried  to calm  them  down  by  explaining the 
ways of transmitting the disease. On February 21, 
2005, 33 company employees sent a letter to the 
director demanding the dismissal of I.B. with the 
aim  of “preserving their health and the right to 
work”.  On  23  February  2005,  the  employer 
dismissed  the  applicant,  paying  him  severance 
pay  under  Greek  law.  Shortly  thereafter,  the 
applicant was employed by another company. He 
appealed to the court of first instance of Athens. 
On  June  13,  2006,  the  court  found  that  the 
dismissal  was  illegal.  It  was  established  that 
termination  of  the  employment  contract  is 
reasonably excluded due to the applicant’s state 
of  health,  and  such  actions  on  the  part  of  the 
employer  are  an  abuse  of  his  authority.  In 
addition, the court ruled that it was not necessary 
to order the applicant to resume work, as he had 
found a new one during that period. 
 
The employer and the applicant filed an appeal 
against this decision. On January 29, 2008, the 
appellate court recognized that, by dismissing the 
applicant, the employer yielded to pressure from 
the  employees  in  order  to  preserve  healthy 
working relations in the team. At the same time, 
it  was  stated  that  the  fears  of  the  company’s 
employees were unfounded, as the occupational 
health  doctor  explained  to them. The appellate 
court emphasized  that  if  the employee’s illness 
did not have a negative impact on labor relations 
or the smooth functioning of the enterprise, then 
it  cannot  serve  as  an  objective  reason  for 
terminating the employment contract. However, 
the  complainant  has  not  yet  been  absent  from 
work, and his absence due to illness could not be 
foreseen in the near future. 
 
This decision was also appealed; I.B. emphasized 
that the  Court of Appeal wrongfully dismissed 
his  application  for  reinstatement  to  his  former 
post in the company. By the decision of March 
17, 2009, the Court of Cassation overruled the 
decision of the court  of appeal and recognized 
that the termination of the employment contract 
with  the  applicant  was  not  illegal,  as  it  was 
justified  by  the  need  to  restore  harmonious 
cooperation between employees and the smooth 
functioning of the company. 
 
According to the established precedent practice 
of the Court, discrimination is different from the