MEDIA MONITORING DATABASE
Investigation for Fırat Fıstık
RELATED PERSON OR INSTITUTION
Fırat Fıstık
CITY
İstanbul
YEAR OF INTERFERENCE
2021
LAST UPDATED
17/03/2023
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
Criminal Courts
Approval of the indictment and initiating the prosecution
THE LEGAL GROUNDS FOR INTERFERENCE
Turkish Penal Code
Art. 136

The second hearing was held on March 15, 2023. Naci İnci’s lawyer did not attend the hearing. Fırat Fıstık’s lawyer requested that Fıstık should be acquitted. The hearing was postponed two days to March 17.

In the hearing on March 17, the prosecutor submitted the opinion as to the accusation, argued that Fıstık was not proven guilty and requested his acquittal. The court also ruled similarly and acquitted Fıstık (17 March).