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Trial of Ahmet Altan for allegedly “publicly insulting the memory of Atatürk”
RELATED PERSON OR INSTITUTION
Ahmet Altan
CITY
İstanbul
YEAR OF INTERFERENCE
2019
LAST UPDATED
11/11/2019
TYPE OF STATEMENT
Political
MEDIUM
Print Media
Newspaper
THE TITLE OF WHOSE RIGHT IS INTERFERED
Editor / Editor-In-Chief
RIGHTS GUARANTEED UNDER THE RIGHT OF FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION
Right to Impart Information and Ideas
TYPE OF INTERFERENCE
Judicial Interference
Criminal Courts
Sentence to imprisonment
THE LEGAL GROUNDS FOR INTERFERENCE
The Law on Offences Committed Against Atatürk
Art. 1/1
The Anadolu 2nd Criminal Court of First Instance in Istanbul sentenced journalist Ahmet Altan for allegedly “publicly insulting the memory of Atatürk” 1 year and 6 months imprisonment due to his article published in 2010 in Taraf (2 July)
