MEDIA MONITORING DATABASE
Metin Cihan – trial for “insult” and “defamation”
RELATED PERSON OR INSTITUTION
Metin Cihan
CITY
İstanbul
YEAR OF INTERFERENCE
2023
LAST UPDATED
29/11/2023
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
Public Prosecution Offices
Opening a criminal investigation
THE LEGAL GROUNDS FOR INTERFERENCE
Turkish Penal Code
Art. 125/1

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan filed a criminal complaint against journalist Metin Cihan on charges of “insult” (TCK 125) and “defamation” (TCK 167), citing allegations made on his social media account.

Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office launched an investigation into the complaint (November 29).