MEDIA MONITORING DATABASE
İnci Aydın – trial for “propagandizing for a terrorist organization”
RELATED PERSON OR INSTITUTION
İnci Aydın
CITY
İstanbul
YEAR OF INTERFERENCE
2020
LAST UPDATED
20/04/2021
TYPE OF STATEMENT
Political
MEDIUM
Print Media
Newspaper
THE TITLE OF WHOSE RIGHT IS INTERFERED
Chief Editor
RIGHTS GUARANTEED UNDER THE RIGHT OF FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION
Right to Impart Information and Ideas
TYPE OF INTERFERENCE
Judicial Interference
Criminal Courts
Decision of acquittal
THE LEGAL GROUNDS FOR INTERFERENCE
Anti-Terror Law
Art. 7/2

A lawsuit was filed against Yeni Yaşam newspaper Chief Editor İnci Aydın on charge of “propagandizing for a terrorist organization” due to the news report “Is a new attack imminent?” (Yeni saldırı kapıda mı) published on July 17, 2020.

The indictment was accepted by the İstanbul 26th High Criminal Court in 2020 (September 16).

At the final hearing of the case held on April 20, 2021, the court board handed down its ruling following the defense statements of the attorneys and ruled for the acquittal of Aydın on the grounds that “the element of the crime did not arise” (April 20).