MEDIA MONITORING DATABASE
Investigation against journalist Faruk Arhan
RELATED PERSON OR INSTITUTION
Faruk Arhan
CITY
İstanbul
YEAR OF INTERFERENCE
2017
LAST UPDATED
13/05/2019
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 Istanbul Chief Prosecutor’s Office launched an investigation against journalist Faruk Arhan for allegedly “propagandising for a terrorist organisation [PKK]” through his social media posts in January 2017.