MEDIA MONITORING DATABASE
Investigation against Etkin News Agency
RELATED PERSON OR INSTITUTION
Etkin News Agency
CITY
İstanbul
YEAR OF INTERFERENCE
2022
LAST UPDATED
02/12/2022
TYPE OF STATEMENT
Political
MEDIUM
Internet
News Agency
THE TITLE OF WHOSE RIGHT IS INTERFERED
Media Outlet
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

Launching a financial audit against the Etkin News Agency (ETHA), auditors tipped off the İstanbul Anadolu Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office that ETHA “propagandized for a terrorist organization”, “insulted the President” and “degraded the government.” Upon this tip off, the prosecutor’s office launched an investigation against the agency.

Arguing that they “propagandized for a terrorist organization” with their news, the prosecutor’s office cited the access blocks imposed on the agency’s website as criminal evidence (December 2).