MEDIA MONITORING DATABASE
A criminal complaint against Cem Küçük by Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, the leader of CHP
RELATED PERSON OR INSTITUTION
Cem Küçük
CITY
İstanbul
YEAR OF INTERFERENCE
2017
LAST UPDATED
06/12/2019
TYPE OF STATEMENT
Political
MEDIUM
Print Media
Newspaper
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. 216/1

The leader of CHP has filed a complaint against journalist Cem Küçük for “provoking the public to hatred and hostility” in April 2017 over his tweet in which Küçük was described Kılıçdaroğlu’s welcoming with a military reception in Bandırma as “coup-provoking”.