MEDIA MONITORING DATABASE
“Warning” for violence against Barış Pehlivan
RELATED PERSON OR INSTITUTION
Barış Pehlivan
CITY
İstanbul
YEAR OF INTERFERENCE
2021
LAST UPDATED
17/02/2021
IMPUNITY CATEGORY
Impunity for Violence
MEDIA
National Media

Despite the Justice Ministry inspectors’ recommendation that a reprimand should be given to prison official Muhammed B. for battering Odatv news website’s editor-in-chief Barış Pehlivan while he was entering the prison on March 6, 2021, the Silivri Prison Administration punished the official only with a “warning” on the grounds of his “good conduct.” The Silivri Public Prosecutor’s Office gave a decision of “non-prosecution” a few months prior (February 17).