MEDIA MONITORING DATABASE
Sadık Demir – trial for “membership of a terrorist organization”
RELATED PERSON OR INSTITUTION
Sadık Demir
CITY
Şanlıurfa
YEAR OF INTERFERENCE
2018
LAST UPDATED
26/04/2019
TYPE OF STATEMENT
Political
MEDIUM
Radio
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
Public Prosecution Offices
Opening a criminal investigation

Salih Erbekler, an employee of now-closed Radio Karacadağ by Decree-Law on September 3, 2016 in Şanlıurfa, was released on September 10, 2018 on the 23rd month of his detention at the end of the investigation process for “membership in a terrorist organisation”. Sadık Demir and Mizgin Çay were released on different dates during the investigation process which was about the songs played on the radio and programs of the radio. The investigation was conducted with the “confidentiality order”