MEDIA MONITORING DATABASE
Kemal Sancılı – trial for “membership of a terrorist organization” and “disrupting the unity and integrity of the state”
RELATED PERSON OR INSTITUTION
Kemal Sancılı
CITY
Şanlıurfa
YEAR OF INTERFERENCE
2017
LAST UPDATED
21/11/2019
TYPE OF STATEMENT
Political
MEDIUM
Print Media
Newspaper
THE TITLE OF WHOSE RIGHT IS INTERFERED
The Owner (Person) of the Media Outlet
RIGHTS GUARANTEED UNDER THE RIGHT OF FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION
Right to Impart Information and Ideas
TYPE OF INTERFERENCE
Judicial Interference
Criminal Courts
Arrest warrant/Decision for the continuation of arrest
THE LEGAL GROUNDS FOR INTERFERENCE
Turkish Penal Code
Art. 302

The grant holder of Özgür Gündem, Kemal Sancılı was detained in Urfa then he was arrested after giving his depositions in Istanbul for allegedly “membership in a terrorist organisation” and “Disrupting the Unity and Integrity of the State” in January 2017.