MEDIA MONITORING DATABASE
Pınar Gayıp – investigation for “marking a counterterrorism official as a target”
RELATED PERSON OR INSTITUTION
Pınar Gayip
CITY
Aydın
YEAR OF INTERFERENCE
2021
LAST UPDATED
26/10/2021
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
Anti-Terror Law
Art. 6/1

An investigation has been launched against Etkin News Agency (ETHA) editor Pınar Gayıp over her news report about specialist sergeant Musa Orhan, who tortured İpek Er with systematic sexual assault and drove her to suicide in Batman province, on May 30, 2021 and her social media message. The journalist is charged with “marking a counterterrorism official as a target” as part of the investigation (October 26).