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Bülent Özdoğan – lawsuit filed by Kayseri Mayor
RELATED PERSON OR INSTITUTION
Bülent Özdoğan
CITY
İstanbul
YEAR OF INTERFERENCE
2019
LAST UPDATED
01/12/2019
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 Istanbul 2nd Criminal Court of First Instance sentenced the former managing editors of Cumhuriyet newspaper Faruk Eren and Bülent Özdoğan to pay a total of 84 thousand TL although they published a disclaimer due to the request of the Mayor of Kayseri Metropolitan Municipality Mehmet Özhakeki concerning the news article titled “Ne istedilerse almışlar” published on May 16, 2018.