MEDIA MONITORING DATABASE
Ali Pekmezci – trial for “membership of FETÖ”
RELATED PERSON OR INSTITUTION
Ali Pekmezci
CITY
Adana
YEAR OF INTERFERENCE
2018
LAST UPDATED
22/11/2019
TYPE OF STATEMENT
Political
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
Decision of acquittal
THE LEGAL GROUNDS FOR INTERFERENCE
Turkish Penal Code
Art. 314/2

The 11th High Criminal Court of Adana acquitted Journalist Ali Pekmezci in the case in which he was accused of  “membership in a terrorist organisation [FETÖ]” on February 16, 2018.