MEDIA MONITORING DATABASE
Journalist Murat Güreş’s trial for “insulting a public official”
RELATED PERSON OR INSTITUTION
Murat Güreş
CITY
Gaziantep
LAST UPDATED
08/05/2019
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
Sentence to imprisonment
THE LEGAL GROUNDS FOR INTERFERENCE
Turkish Penal Code
Art. 125/3

Gaziantep-based journalist Murat Güreş was sentenced to 1 year, 2 months and 17 days of imprisonment for “insulting” a police officer over his facebook comment at the 21st Criminal Court of First Instance. Three police officers have filed a complaint against him.