MEDIA MONITORING DATABASE
Lawsuit against Nişmiye Güler
RELATED PERSON OR INSTITUTION
Nişmiye Güler
CITY
İstanbul
YEAR OF INTERFERENCE
2022
LAST UPDATED
19/01/2023
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

JinNews editor Nişmiye Güler was indicted for “propagandizing for a terrorist organization” (as per the Article 7/2 of the Anti-Terror Law / TMK) on the grounds of the news that she had posted on social media. 

JinNews was described as a “so-called news platform” in the indictment issued as a result of the investigation conducted by the İstanbul Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office. The indictment was accepted by the İstanbul 27th High Criminal Court. The first hearing will be held on January 19, 2023 (October 23).

At the hearing held on January 19, 2023, the court board ruled that Güler should be acquitted considering that her posts did not contain force or violence (January 19).