MEDIA MONITORING DATABASE
Journalist Mehmet Erol -“propagandising for a terrorist organisation”
RELATED PERSON OR INSTITUTION
Mehmet Erol
CITY
Diyarbakır
YEAR OF INTERFERENCE
2020
LAST UPDATED
28/02/2020
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
Decision of acquittal
THE LEGAL GROUNDS FOR INTERFERENCE
Anti-Terror Law
Art. 7/2

Journalist Mehmet Erol, who has been tried for the charges of “propagandising for a terrorist organisation” on the grounds of his social media posts, was acquitted by the 10th High Criminal Court of Diyarbakır at the first hearing held on February 28 (February 28).