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A criminal complaint against Seçkin Sağlam from canakkalememleket.com
RELATED PERSON OR INSTITUTION
Seçkin Sağlam
CITY
İstanbul
YEAR OF INTERFERENCE
2017
LAST UPDATED
08/04/2019
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
Third-Party Interference
Other
THE LEGAL GROUNDS FOR INTERFERENCE
Anti-Terror Law
Art. 6/1

On 20 December 2017, the presiding judge of İstanbul 14th High Criminal Court, Ali İhsan Horasan, filed a criminal complaint against reporter Seçkin Sağlam and the news editor of canakkalememleket.com, due to the news article they penned and published covering the allegations of CHP MP Muharrem Erkek on “making a Rabia sign at a dinner table where alcohol is served”. Horasan demanded an investigation under Article 6 of the Anti-Terror Law.