MEDIA MONITORING DATABASE
Judicial fine on Bahadır Akdeniz and Sibel Köklü
RELATED PERSON OR INSTITUTION
Bahadır Akdeniz
CITY
İstanbul
YEAR OF INTERFERENCE
2018
LAST UPDATED
09/06/2019
TYPE OF STATEMENT
Political
MEDIUM
Print Media
Newspaper
THE TITLE OF WHOSE RIGHT IS INTERFERED
Chief Editor
RIGHTS GUARANTEED UNDER THE RIGHT OF FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION
Right to Impart Information and Ideas
TYPE OF INTERFERENCE
Judicial Interference
Criminal Courts
Imposing the fines

The 2nd Criminal Court of First Instance of İstanbul sentenced the managing directors of Yurt newspaper, Sibel Köklü and Bahadır Akdeniz a judicial fine of 20 thousand TL in total for the picture depicting the face of a child who died in the attack by ISIS on March 19, 2o16 in İstanbul, Beyoğlu, on July 2, 2016.