MEDIA MONITORING DATABASE
Investigation against JinNews reporter Öznur Değer
RELATED PERSON OR INSTITUTION
Öznur Değer
CITY
Mardin
YEAR OF INTERFERENCE
2022
LAST UPDATED
02/09/2022
TYPE OF STATEMENT
Political
MEDIUM
Internet
Social Media Account
THE TITLE OF WHOSE RIGHT IS INTERFERED
Journalist
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
THE LEGAL GROUNDS FOR INTERFERENCE
Anti-Terror Law
Art. 7/2

The Mardin Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office has launched an investigation against JinNews reporter Öznur Değer on charge of “propagandizing for a terrorist organization” on the grounds of two social media posts on her account. Değer gave her statement at the Counterterrorism Department of the Kızıltepe Security Directorate (July 20).

The investigation launched against Değer by the Mardin Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office on charge of “propagandizing for a terrorist organization” due to her social media posts ended in a decision of non-prosecution (September 2).