MEDIA MONITORING DATABASE
Metin Bekiroğlu – trial for “propagandizing for a terrorist organization”
RELATED PERSON OR INSTITUTION
Metin Bekiroğlu
CITY
Diyarbakır
LAST UPDATED
01/12/2019
TYPE OF STATEMENT
Political
MEDIUM
Internet
Social Media Account
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
Approval of the indictment and initiating the prosecution
THE LEGAL GROUNDS FOR INTERFERENCE
Anti-Terror Law
Art. 7/2

The reporter Metin Bekiroğlu for the closed Dicle News Agency (DİHA) is standing on a trial at the Diyarbakır 9th Heavy Penal Court over his social media articles for “propagandising for a terrorist organisation”. He faces up to 5 years of imprisonment.