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).