MEDIA MONITORING DATABASE
Judicial fine order for news director of SoL news portal, Ali Ufuk Arıkan
RELATED PERSON OR INSTITUTION
Ali Ufuk Arıkan
CITY
İstanbul
YEAR OF INTERFERENCE
2019
LAST UPDATED
15/10/2019
TYPE OF STATEMENT
Political
MEDIUM
Internet
Internet News Portal
THE TITLE OF WHOSE RIGHT IS INTERFERED
Editor / Editor-In-Chief
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 LEGAL GROUNDS FOR INTERFERENCE
Turkish Penal Code
Art. 125/1

The 1st Criminal Chamber of the Istanbul Regional Court of Justice upheld the judicial fines given to the news director of SoL News portal, Ali Ufuk Arıkan on the grounds of “insult”. Arıkan has criticized Nurettin Yıldız’s words, “A six years old child can marry” (15 October).