MEDIA MONITORING DATABASE
Ahmet Altan is standing trial for allegedly insulting İlhan Cihaner
RELATED PERSON OR INSTITUTION
Ahmet Altan
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
Editor / Editor-In-Chief
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. 125/1

Journalist Ahmet Altan is being tried for “insult” charges due to a column he wrote in 2010, at Anadolu 2nd Criminal Court of First Instance. At the last hearing on 17 September, Altan was acquitted of charges.