MEDIA MONITORING DATABASE
Dilan Babat – trial for “marking a counterterrorism official as a target
RELATED PERSON OR INSTITUTION
Dilan Babat
CITY
Konya
YEAR OF INTERFERENCE
2022
LAST UPDATED
08/03/2023
TYPE OF STATEMENT
Political
MEDIUM
Internet
Internet News Portal
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
Approval of the indictment and initiating the prosecution
THE LEGAL GROUNDS FOR INTERFERENCE
Anti-Terror Law
Art. 6/1

Konya Public Prosecutor Şahsuvar prepared an indictment about Yıldız Fırat Can Arslan and Dilan Babat. The prosecutor charged the journalists with marking counterterrorism officials as targets according to article 6/1 of the Turkish Criminal Code (February 22).

Konya 2nd Heavy Penal Court accepted the indictment, prepared a preliminary proceedings report, and scheduled a hearing for May 25, 2023 (March 2).