MEDIA MONITORING DATABASE
Investigation against Merdan Yanardağ
RELATED PERSON OR INSTITUTION
Merdan Yanardağ
YEAR OF INTERFERENCE
2021
LAST UPDATED
05/08/2021
TYPE OF STATEMENT
Political
MEDIUM
Television
THE TITLE OF WHOSE RIGHT IS INTERFERED
Editor / Editor-In-Chief
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. 301

An investigation has been launched against TELE 1 TV Editor-in-Chief journalist Merdan Yanardağ over his article “As the order turns out to be a mafia!” (Düzenin Mafyalaşması!) published in daily BürGün on May 23, 2021. Investigated for “degrading the state and government”, Yanardağ gave his statement as part of the investigation and said that the judiciary should also be troubled with this situation of turning out to be a mafia (August 18).