MEDIA MONITORING DATABASE
Free Cause investigation to Ruşen Takva
RELATED PERSON OR INSTITUTION
Ruşen Takva
CITY
Van
YEAR OF INTERFERENCE
2023
LAST UPDATED
31/03/2023
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
Public Prosecution Offices
Opening a criminal investigation
THE LEGAL GROUNDS FOR INTERFERENCE
Turkish Penal Code
Art. 216/1

An investigation was started about Ruşen Takva for his social media posts criticizing the joining of the Free Cause Party (HÜDA-PAR) to the People’s Alliance.

Takva was invited to the police station with the instruction of the prosecutor’s office being charged with “provoking hatred and hostility among people or humiliation,” and his statement was taken by the police.

Takva had written on March 11 in a tweet, “With the joining of HÜDA PAR, known to be close to the Hizbullah, in the electoral alliance of AKP, the election front has become more apparent. The racists, rightists, and reactionaries decided to enter the elections within a single front, leaving aside the disputes among them.”