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Managing editor of Yeni Yaşam Newspaper, Aydın Keser is on trial for “propagandising for a terrorist organisation”
RELATED PERSON OR INSTITUTION
Aydın Keser
CITY
İstanbul
YEAR OF INTERFERENCE
2019
LAST UPDATED
07/02/2020
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
Decision of acquittal
THE LEGAL GROUNDS FOR INTERFERENCE
Anti-Terror Law
Art. 7/2

A lawsuit was filed against Aydın Keser, editor-in-chief of Yeni Yaşam newspaper, on charges of “propagandising for a terrorist organization” for the headlines concerning the operation “Peace Spring” published on October 10, 2019.

At first hearing of the trial held at the 22nd High Criminal Court of Istanbul, journalist Aydın Keser was acquitted.