MEDIA MONITORING DATABASE
Investigation against Medine Mamedoğlu
RELATED PERSON OR INSTITUTION
Medine Mamedoğlu
CITY
Diyarbakır
YEAR OF INTERFERENCE
2024
LAST UPDATED
17/09/2024
TYPE OF STATEMENT
Political
MEDIUM
Television
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
THE LEGAL GROUNDS FOR INTERFERENCE
Turkish Penal Code
Art. 217/A

An investigation was launched against journalist Medine Mamedoğlu on September 17 for “publicly disseminating misleading information” (Turkish Criminal Code 217/A) due to her reports and social media posts following a fire that broke out between the districts of Mazıdağı (Mardin) and Çınar (Diyarbakır) in June, which resulted in the deaths of 15 people (September 17th).