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Akit TV program officer Ali Özken is on trial for the charge of “publicly insulting Atatürk”
RELATED PERSON OR INSTITUTION
Ali Özken
CITY
İstanbul
YEAR OF INTERFERENCE
2019
LAST UPDATED
01/12/2019
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
Decision of acquittal
THE LEGAL GROUNDS FOR INTERFERENCE
The Law on Offences Committed Against Atatürk
Art. 1/1
Akit TV program officer Ali Özken was tried for publicly insulting Atatürk by the 5th Criminal Court of First Instance. He was facing up to 4 years and 6 months in prison. On March 6, he was acquitted of this charge.
