MEDIA MONITORING DATABASE
Lawsuit for damages by Binali Yıldırım against Evrensel newspaper
RELATED PERSON OR INSTITUTION
Evrensel Daily
CITY
İstanbul
YEAR OF INTERFERENCE
2019
LAST UPDATED
02/10/2019
TYPE OF STATEMENT
Political
MEDIUM
Print Media
Newspaper
THE TITLE OF WHOSE RIGHT IS INTERFERED
Media Outlet
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
Turkish Civil Code
Art. 25

AKP’s İstanbul Metropolitan Mayor candidate Binali Yıldırım has filed a lawsuit requesting non-pecuniary compensation for damages against daily Evrensel Newspaper, which reported on him through social media accounts. Yıldırım has requested 25 thousand Turkish Lira for the damages.