MEDIA MONITORING DATABASE
Sevda Karaca summoned to give her statement on charges of “insult”, “libel” and “propagandizing for a terrorist organization”
RELATED PERSON OR INSTITUTION
Sevda Karaca
CITY
Aydın
YEAR OF INTERFERENCE
2022
LAST UPDATED
31/01/2022
TYPE OF STATEMENT
Political
MEDIUM
Print Media
Newspaper
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

Upon the criminal complaint of Vice Gendarmerie Commander Musa Çitil, an investigation was launched by the Aydın Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office against Evrensel columnist Sevda Karaca; Karaca was summoned to give her statement on charges of “marking a counterterrorism official as a target”, “publicly insulting a public official and libel” and “propagandizing for a terrorist organization” (February 31).