MEDIA MONITORING DATABASE
Ahmet Altan – trial for allegedly insulting İlker Başbuğ
RELATED PERSON OR INSTITUTION
Ahmet Altan
CITY
İstanbul
YEAR OF INTERFERENCE
2019
LAST UPDATED
02/10/2019
TYPE OF STATEMENT
Political
MEDIUM
Print Media
Newspaper
THE TITLE OF WHOSE RIGHT IS INTERFERED
Editor / Editor-In-Chief
RIGHTS GUARANTEED UNDER THE RIGHT OF FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION
Right to Impart Information and Ideas
TYPE OF INTERFERENCE
Judicial Interference
Criminal Courts
Decision of acquittal
THE LEGAL GROUNDS FOR INTERFERENCE
Turkish Penal Code
Art. 125/3

The Istanbul Anatolia 2nd Criminal Court of First Instance acquitted the defendant journalist Ahmet Altan regarding charges against him based on his article published in 2010 on the grounds that no criminal elements were found for insulting İlker Başbuğ.