MEDIA MONITORING DATABASE
Journalist Halil İbrahim Erbil on Trial for “propagandising for a terrorist organisation”
RELATED PERSON OR INSTITUTION
Halil İbrahim Erbil
CITY
Gaziantep
YEAR OF INTERFERENCE
2019
LAST UPDATED
01/12/2019
TYPE OF STATEMENT
Political
MEDIUM
Internet
Social Media Account
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
Anti-Terror Law
Art. 7/2

Halil İbrahim Erbil, a freelance journalist working in France, is accused of “making terrorist propaganda” and “Threat” over a complaint filed by Gaziantep city mayor Fatma Şahin. Erbil is facing prosecution due to his posts on social media that “allegedly” threatened Mayor Şahin. Şahin also claims that Erbil was making propaganda on behalf of a terrorist organization through his social media posts.

Gaziantep 2. High Criminal Court adjourned the hearing until January 10, 2019, ordering Erbil’s arrest warrant be actioned. The next hearing will be on January 10.