MEDIA MONITORING DATABASE
İsmail Saymaz – trial for “insult”
RELATED PERSON OR INSTITUTION
İsmail Saymaz
CITY
İstanbul
YEAR OF INTERFERENCE
2022
LAST UPDATED
16/06/2022
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
Criminal Courts
Imposing the fines
THE LEGAL GROUNDS FOR INTERFERENCE
Turkish Penal Code
Art. 125/1

A lawsuit was filed against journalist İsmail Saymaz on charge of “insult” over his statements about the cult leader Büreyde Öncel during a TV program “Esas Mesele” on Yol TV. At the hearing held at the İstanbul 35th Criminal Court of First Instance, the court board ruled against Saymaz and imposed a judicial fine of 3,480 lira (June 16).