MEDIA MONITORING DATABASE
Merdan Yanardağ – “insulting the president of the republic”
RELATED PERSON OR INSTITUTION
Merdan Yanardağ
CITY
İstanbul
YEAR OF INTERFERENCE
2023
LAST UPDATED
14/11/2023
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
Criminal Courts
Decision of acquittal
THE LEGAL GROUNDS FOR INTERFERENCE
Turkish Penal Code
Art. 299

TELE1 Editor-in-Chief Merdan Yanardağ is on trial for “insulting the President” based on his columns published in BirGün between April 10, 2022 and May 29, 2022.

In the third hearing held at Istanbul 2nd Criminal Court of First Instance, the court acquitted journalist Merdan Yanardağ as the elements of the crime of “insulting the President” did not occur (14 November)