MEDIA MONITORING DATABASE
Coronavirus watch: Investigation launched against Nurcan Baysal
RELATED PERSON OR INSTITUTION
Nurcan Baysal
CITY
Diyarbakır
YEAR OF INTERFERENCE
2020
LAST UPDATED
31/03/2020
TYPE OF STATEMENT
Political
MEDIUM
Internet
Internet News Portal
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. 216/1

Nurcan Baysal was requested to give statement on an investigation launched against her for allegedly “provoking public to hatred, hostility or threat”, through letters she shared which were written by prisoners from Diyarbakır Prison and her articles published on Ahval news portal. She also stated that she would have been taken into custody, if the corona pandemic did not constitute such a threat. Journalist was released after giving her statement, on March 31.