MEDIA MONITORING DATABASE
Nurcan Gökdemir – investigation for “insulting the President of Republic”
RELATED PERSON OR INSTITUTION
Nurcan Gökdemir
CITY
İstanbul
YEAR OF INTERFERENCE
2018
LAST UPDATED
25/06/2019
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
Turkish Penal Code
Art. 299

Istanbul Chief Prosecutor initiated an investigation against Ankara correspondent of daily BirGün Nurcan Gökdemir on the grounds of “insulting the President” due to her article about the son-in-law of President Erdoğan (8 November 2018).