MEDIA MONITORING DATABASE
Lawsuit for damages by Demirören Media – Hazal Ocak
RELATED PERSON OR INSTITUTION
Hazal Ocak
CITY
İstanbul
YEAR OF INTERFERENCE
2021
LAST UPDATED
22/12/2021
TYPE OF STATEMENT
Political
MEDIUM
Print Media
Newspaper
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
Civil Courts
Other

Suing the journalists who reported on the loans it had received from the Ziraat Bank to finance its purchases in sectors such as media, games of chance and energy, the Demirören Media argued that its commercial reputation was tarnished.

Demirören Media demanded 0.03 lira in damages from Cumhuriyet Foundation grant holder Alev Coşkun and Hazal Ocak.

The Bakırköy 7th Civil Court of First Instance accepted Demirören’s application and ruled that both applications should be merged. Hazal Ocak and other journalists will stand before the judge in the upcoming days (December 22).