MEDIA MONITORING DATABASE
Pınar Gayıp summoned to give her statement
RELATED PERSON OR INSTITUTION
Pınar Gayip
CITY
İstanbul
YEAR OF INTERFERENCE
2022
LAST UPDATED
07/02/2022
TYPE OF STATEMENT
Political
MEDIUM
Internet
News Agency
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. 7/2

As per the investigation launched by the İstanbul Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office as well as the summary of proceedings issued by the İstanbul Security Directorate, two investigation files were opened against Etkin News Agency (ETHA) reporter Pınar Gayıp over her social media post about the torture against AFP correspondent Bülent Kılıç, her news and posts about the 6th year of the Suruç massacre and the protection of Ümitcan Uygun, a perpetartor of feminicide, by the judiciary (February 7).