MEDIA MONITORING DATABASE
Investigation against Yeni Yaşam newspaper’s Editor-in-Chief Ferhat Çelik
RELATED PERSON OR INSTITUTION
Ferhat Çelik
CITY
İstanbul
YEAR OF INTERFERENCE
2022
LAST UPDATED
15/11/2022
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. 125/1

On the grounds of their news about the allegations of crime group leader Sedat Peker regarding Turkuvaz Media group’s owner Serhat Albayrak, an investigation was launched against Yeni Yaşam newspaper’s Editor-in-Chief Ferhat Çelik and its Managing Editor Osman Akın on charges of “insult” (as per the Article 125 of the Turkish Penal Code – TCK) and “libel” (as per the Article 267 of the TCK).

Akın, upon the criminal complaint of Albayrak, gave his statement as part of the investigation at the İstanbul Courthouse in Çağlayan on November 15, 2022. Akın was asked questions about the newspaper’s news reports titled “Revelations from Sedat Peker”, “Peker releases bribery papers” and “Albayraks are there, too” (November 15).