MEDIA MONITORING DATABASE
Ferhat Çelik summoned to give his statement
RELATED PERSON OR INSTITUTION
Ferhat Çelik
CITY
Kahramanmaraş
YEAR OF INTERFERENCE
2021
LAST UPDATED
30/11/2021
TYPE OF STATEMENT
Political
MEDIUM
Internet
News Agency
THE TITLE OF WHOSE RIGHT IS INTERFERED
Journalist
RIGHTS GUARANTEED UNDER THE RIGHT OF FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION
Right to Impart Information and Ideas
TYPE OF INTERFERENCE
Judicial Interference
Public Prosecution Offices
Opening a criminal investigation

On September 20, 2020, Mezopotamya Agency (MA) published a news report titled “Dirt flows from the drinking water [tap] in Türkoğlu Prison” about the violations of rights in the Türkoğlu No. 1 Type L Closed Prison. An investigation was launched by the Kahramanmaraş Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office upon the criminal complaint of the prison director. As part of the investigation, MA Managing Editor Ferhat Çelik was summoned to give his statement (November 30).