MEDIA MONITORING DATABASE
Hasan Cemal – trial for “insulting the President of the Republic”
RELATED PERSON OR INSTITUTION
Hasan Cemal
CITY
İstanbul
YEAR OF INTERFERENCE
2018
LAST UPDATED
20/11/2019
TYPE OF STATEMENT
Political
MEDIUM
Internet
Internet News Portal
THE TITLE OF WHOSE RIGHT IS INTERFERED
The Owner (Person) of the Media Outlet
RIGHTS GUARANTEED UNDER THE RIGHT OF FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION
Right to Impart Information and Ideas
TYPE OF INTERFERENCE
Third-Party Interference
Threat or Harassment

Daily Sabah claimed the arrest warrant issued for Journalist Hasan Cemal in the scope of the investigation concerning the prisoner Osman Kavala, Anadolu Kültür Executive Board Chair, rights advocate and businessperson. However, his lawyer Fikret İlkiz said that “such a decision has not been reached us”. Daily had targeted the journalist Hasan Cemal in the news article written by Kenan Kıran (21 November 2018)