MEDIA MONITORING DATABASE
Sertaç Kayar – defamation case
RELATED PERSON OR INSTITUTION
Sertaç Kayar
CITY
Diyarbakır
LAST UPDATED
06/11/2023
TYPE OF STATEMENT
Political
MEDIUM
Internet
Internet News Portal
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
Criminal Courts
Decision of acquittal
THE LEGAL GROUNDS FOR INTERFERENCE
Turkish Penal Code
Art. 125/1

Journalist Sertaç Kayar, who had to testify three times and was subjected to two separate investigations and a lawsuit due to the same allegation and accusation, was acquitted of “insult” (TCK 125) due to his reporting on corruption in rehabilitation centers in Diyarbakır (November 9).