MEDIA MONITORING DATABASE
Nurcan Kaya – trial for “propagandizing for a terrorist organization”
RELATED PERSON OR INSTITUTION
Nurcan Kaya
CITY
Diyarbakır
YEAR OF INTERFERENCE
2020
LAST UPDATED
27/09/2021
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
Criminal Courts
Deferral the pronouncement of the judgement
THE LEGAL GROUNDS FOR INTERFERENCE
Anti-Terror Law
Art. 7/2

An investigation has been launched against lawyer Nurcan Kaya, a columnist for Artı Gerçek news website, on charge of “propagandizing for a terrorist organization” over her social media posts (July 14).

With the investigation completed, a court case was filed against Nurcan Kaya, who started standing trial at the Diyarbakır 9th High Criminal Court (October 5).

At the final hearing on September 27, 2021, the court board ruled that Nurcan Kaya should be sentenced to 1 year, 3 months in prison on charge of “propagandizing for a terrorist organization”. The announcement of the verdict has been deferred (September 27).