MEDIA MONITORING DATABASE
Investigation against Öznur Değer
RELATED PERSON OR INSTITUTION
Öznur Değer
CITY
Mardin
YEAR OF INTERFERENCE
2021
LAST UPDATED
01/09/2021
TYPE OF STATEMENT
Political
MEDIUM
Internet
News Agency
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

The Mardin Kızıltepe Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office has launched an investigation against journalist Öznur Değer, a reporter for JinNews, on charge of “provoking the public to hatred and hostility, degrading.” Öznur Değer was reportedly asked questions about her social media posts regarding the Dedeoğulları family, whose 7 members, including 4 women, were massacred in Konya’s Meram on July 30, 2021 (September 1).