MEDIA MONITORING DATABASE
Coronavirus watch: Investigation against journalist Aydın Atay
RELATED PERSON OR INSTITUTION
Aydın Atay
CITY
Diyarbakır
YEAR OF INTERFERENCE
2020
LAST UPDATED
18/03/2020
TYPE OF STATEMENT
Social
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. 213

On March 18, 2020, an investigation was launched against journalist Aydın Atay, due to his social media post on a news titled ” Diyarbakır Courthouse is closed” for allegedly “causing fear and panic among the public”.