MEDIA MONITORING DATABASE
Selma Erdal – investigation for “insulting the President of the Republic”
RELATED PERSON OR INSTITUTION
Selma Erdal
CITY
Aydın
YEAR OF INTERFERENCE
2018
LAST UPDATED
06/05/2019
TYPE OF STATEMENT
Political
MEDIUM
Print Media
Newspaper
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. 299

An investigation against Selma Erdal, a columnist for Aydın Mavi Didim Newspaper for “Insulting the President of the Republic” on the grounds of her article entitled “Kaygılanmayınız, Tayyip yine teşekkür edecek (Don’t worry, Tayyip will thank you again)” published May 7, 2018, was launched (10 June 2018)