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Zeki Kızılkaya – arrest for “sharing confidential documents of the state” and over “a tweet about MIT”
RELATED PERSON OR INSTITUTION
Zeki Kızılkaya
CITY
Adana
LAST UPDATED
20/06/2019
TYPE OF STATEMENT
Political
MEDIUM
Internet
Internet News Portal
THE TITLE OF WHOSE RIGHT IS INTERFERED
The Owner (Person) of the Media Outlet
RIGHTS GUARANTEED UNDER THE RIGHT OF FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION
Right to Impart Information and Ideas
TYPE OF INTERFERENCE
Judicial Interference
Criminal Courts
Arrest warrant/Decision for the continuation of arrest
THE LEGAL GROUNDS FOR INTERFERENCE
Turkish Penal Code

Zeki Kızılkaya, owner of Adana Çukurova Merhaba newspaper and owner of Adanapolemik.net site was arrested in July 2018 on the grounds that he shared confidential documents belonging to the state and had previously been sentenced to 2 years and 2 months of imprisonment for a tweet related to MIT.