MEDIA MONITORING DATABASE
Lawsuit for damages against Evrensel
RELATED PERSON OR INSTITUTION
Evrensel Daily
CITY
Bursa
YEAR OF INTERFERENCE
2022
LAST UPDATED
15/12/2022
TYPE OF STATEMENT
Political
MEDIUM
Print Media
Newspaper
THE TITLE OF WHOSE RIGHT IS INTERFERED
Media Outlet
RIGHTS GUARANTEED UNDER THE RIGHT OF FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION
Right to Impart Information and Ideas
TYPE OF INTERFERENCE
Judicial Interference
Criminal Courts
Approval of the indictment and initiating the prosecution
THE LEGAL GROUNDS FOR INTERFERENCE
Other Laws

Ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) Bursa MP Mustafa Esgin filed a lawsuit for damages against Evrensel newspaper on the grounds of a news report covering the Court of Accounts’ files. Accusing the daily of publishing “unreal and misleading content”, Esgin requested 100 thousand TRY from Evrensel in damages. The first hearing of the case will be held at the Bursa 8th Civil Court of First Instance on December 15, 2022. 

At the hearing held on December 15, Evrensel made its defense and said that the news report in question was written by quoting from the Court of Accounts’ report and that the conditions for non-material damages were not constituted. Evrensel requested the dismissal of the case. The court adjourned the hearing until March 23, 2022 (December 15).