MEDIA MONITORING DATABASE
Investigation against Sinan Aygül
RELATED PERSON OR INSTITUTION
Sinan Aygül
CITY
Bitlis
YEAR OF INTERFERENCE
2023
LAST UPDATED
26/01/2023
TYPE OF STATEMENT
Political
MEDIUM
Internet
Internet News Portal
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
Anti-Terror Law
Art. 7/2

The Bitlis Public Prosecutor’s Office launched an investigation against journalist Sinan Aygül on charge of “propagandizing for a terrorist organization” (as per the Article 7/2 of the Anti-Terror Law) after a citizen filed a complaint against him on the Presidency’s Communication Center (CİMER) in March 2022.

Giving his statement at the Tatvan Anti-Terror Department as part of the investigation, Aygül was released later on (January 26).