Having reported on a child who had fallen into a sewage hole which did not have a cover in Diyarbakır’s Silvan district, journalist Ferhat Parlak was faced with a criminal complaint filed by the Silvan Municipality’s lawyer over the news report titled “A child back from the dead in Silvan”. Citing this news report published on December 18, 2021, the lawyer pressed the charges of “insult” and “marking as a target” against the journalist (February 25).
In the investigation launched against Ferhat Parlak upon the criminal complaint of the trustee appointed to the municipality, a decision of non-prosecution was given. Completing the investigation, the Silvan Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office concluded that the remarks in posting the news report in question fell within the scope of freedom of expression and press (April 8).