MEDIA MONITORING DATABASE
Hacı Boğatekin – “defamation” trial
RELATED PERSON OR INSTITUTION
Hacı Boğatekin
CITY
Adıyaman
YEAR OF INTERFERENCE
2023
LAST UPDATED
27/11/2023
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
Turkish Penal Code
Art. 267

Hacı Boğatekin, the reporter of Gerger Fırat newspaper published in Adıyaman, is on trial for the news reports titled “Bribery allegation in Gerger Courthouse” on October 18, 2018 and “Don’t pollute the justice” and “Was the money kidnapped?” on October 19, 2018.

At the hearing of the trial held on November 23, Gerger Criminal Court of First Instance sentenced Hacı Boğatekin to 1 year and 6 months in prison (November 23).