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Coronavirus watch: The article entitled ”Ardeşen Municipality can’t pay salaries”- Investigation against Gençağa Karafazlı
RELATED PERSON OR INSTITUTION
Gençağa Karafazlı
CITY
Rize
YEAR OF INTERFERENCE
2020
LAST UPDATED
15/04/2020
TYPE OF STATEMENT
Other
MEDIUM
Internet
Internet News Portal
THE TITLE OF WHOSE RIGHT IS INTERFERED
Editor / Editor-In-Chief
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

An investigation is launched against Gençağa Karafazlı who is also the president of Rize branch of Progressive Journalists Association and newspaper editor Doğan Can İlek due to the news article entitled “Ardeşen Municipality can’t pay salaries” published on April 12. Ardeşen Municipality had filed a complaint in relation the the article.

According to Speakup24’s news, six separate investigations has been launched against the grand owner of local Nabız online web platform Gençağa Karafazlı and editor of the website Doğan Can İlek in 20 days.