MEDIA MONITORING DATABASE
Hasan Cemal – investigation for “insulting the President of the Republic”
RELATED PERSON OR INSTITUTION
Hasan Cemal
CITY
İstanbul
YEAR OF INTERFERENCE
2018
LAST UPDATED
09/12/2019
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
Judicial Interference
Public Prosecution Offices
Opening a criminal investigation
THE LEGAL GROUNDS FOR INTERFERENCE
Turkish Penal Code
Art. 299

Journalist and the founder of P24 Platform for Independent Journalism Hasan Cemal gave his statement before a prosecutor at the Istanbul Courthouse as part of an investigation in which he is accused of “insulting the President of the Republic” because of his article entitled “Dikta, Diktatör” [Dictatorship, Dictator] published in news web site T24 (6 December 2018).

The Public Prosecutor’s Office ruled that “the elements of the crime did not occur” for the investigation launched in July 2018. The decision said, “It was decided that there is no room for the prosecution about the sharing and the suspect” (9 December).