MEDIA MONITORING DATABASE
Investigation into 1HaberVar.com news platform
RELATED PERSON OR INSTITUTION
1HaberVar.com
CITY
Diyarbakır
YEAR OF INTERFERENCE
2017
LAST UPDATED
08/12/2019
TYPE OF STATEMENT
Political
MEDIUM
Internet
Internet News Portal
THE TITLE OF WHOSE RIGHT IS INTERFERED
Media Outlet
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

Diyarbakır Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office has launched an investigation into 1HaberVar.com news platform, founded by the employees of the now- closed TV and radio stations by decree laws, for “propagandising for a terrorist organisation [PKK] via press” on December 12, 2017. The news articles concerning the press release of the trial of former co-president of HDP, Figen Yüksekdağ and the HDP gatherings were considered as evidence for the charge.