MEDIA MONITORING DATABASE
Ruken Tuncel summoned to give her statement
RELATED PERSON OR INSTITUTION
Ruken Tuncel
CITY
İstanbul
YEAR OF INTERFERENCE
2022
LAST UPDATED
20/05/2022
TYPE OF STATEMENT
Political
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 Civil Code
Art. 25

bianet reporter Ruken Tuncel gave her statement upon the criminal complaint of Prof. Ülkü Özbey, a faculty member of Munzur University. Submitting a criminal complaint to the Tunceli Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office, Özbey argued that “Tuncel violated her right to privacy”. Summoned to depose upon this complaint, Tuncel, accompanied by her lawyer Sibel Erol, went to the İstanbul Beylikdüzü Security Directorate and gave her statement (May 20).