MEDIA MONITORING DATABASE
Disinformation investigation – Aslıhan Gençay
RELATED PERSON OR INSTITUTION
Aslıhan Gençay
CITY
İstanbul
YEAR OF INTERFERENCE
2025
LAST UPDATED
03/10/2025
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
Public Prosecution Offices
Opening a criminal investigation
THE LEGAL GROUNDS FOR INTERFERENCE
Turkish Penal Code
Art. 217/A

3 October 2025

Journalist Aslıhan Gençay is under investigation on charges of “publicly disseminating misleading information” (Article 217/A of the Turkish Penal Code) over her report titled “Names in Falyalı’s Tapes”, published on 24 April 2025 on P24 and later removed following an access ban order.