MEDIA MONITORING DATABASE
Investigation against Mehmet Selçuk Ada – “inciting the public to enmity and hatred”
RELATED PERSON OR INSTITUTION
Mehmet Selçuk Ada
CITY
İstanbul
YEAR OF INTERFERENCE
2022
LAST UPDATED
13/11/2022
TYPE OF STATEMENT
Political
MEDIUM
Internet
Other
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
Turkish Penal Code
Art. 216/1

Journalist Mehmet Selçuk Ada announced that an investigation was launched against him on charge of “inciting the public to enmity and hatred” (as per the Article 216 of the Turkish Penal Code / TCK) due to his tweet “the election campaign is setting off” dated November 13, 2022. 

Mehmet Selçuk Ada, the administrator of “Medya Ekranı” (Media Screen) YouTube page, said that he was phoned by the Security Directorate and told that he was investigated as per the Article 29 of the disinformation law; however, he later saw in the written summons that he was investigated for “inciting the public to enmity and hatred” (November 13).