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Çiğdem Toker – lawsuit for damages filed by PTT
RELATED PERSON OR INSTITUTION
Çiğdem Toker
CITY
Ankara
YEAR OF INTERFERENCE
2019
LAST UPDATED
02/10/2019
TYPE OF STATEMENT
Economical
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
Third-Party Interference
Filing a Compensation Lawsuit
THE LEGAL GROUNDS FOR INTERFERENCE
Turkish Civil Code
Art. 25

A libel suit against Journalist Çiğdem Toker is filed by PTT (Postal Service of Turkey) for 50.000 Turkish Liras due to an article published by Cumhuriyet Newspaper on April 22, 2018 titled “PTT’s privileged company.”

The court ruled that the legal ground for non-pecuniary damages has not been established and dismissed the case on June 11, 2019.