MEDIA MONITORING DATABASE
Banu Güven – trial for “praising crime and criminals”
RELATED PERSON OR INSTITUTION
Banu Güven
CITY
İstanbul
YEAR OF INTERFERENCE
2020
LAST UPDATED
02/02/2021
TYPE OF STATEMENT
Political
MEDIUM
Internet
Social Media Account
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. 215

A lawsuit was filed against Banu Güven on charge of “praising the crime and criminals” as per the Article 215 of the Turkish Criminal Code (TCK). Put on trial over a social media post, Güven was acquitted of the offense charged at her first hearing held by the İstanbul 41st Criminal Court of First Instance on February 2, 2021 (February 2).