MEDIA MONITORING DATABASE
Kazım Avcı – trial for coup attempt
RELATED PERSON OR INSTITUTION
Kazım Avcı
CITY
Ankara
YEAR OF INTERFERENCE
2018
LAST UPDATED
13/05/2019
TYPE OF STATEMENT
Political
MEDIUM
Print Media
Newspaper
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
Sentence to imprisonment
THE LEGAL GROUNDS FOR INTERFERENCE
Turkish Penal Code
Art. 309

The 4th High Criminal Court in Ankara sentenced the former chairperson of Samanyolu Group, Hidayet Karaca, who was already in prison due to the “FETÖ main case”, the former parliamentarian İlhan İşbilen, the founders of Zaman newspaper, Alaeddin Kaya and Kazım Avcı to 17 years and 4 months imprisonment in total for “attempting to overthrow the government,” “forging official documents” and “abusing religious sentiments.”