MEDIA MONITORING DATABASE
Mine Kırıkkanat – trial for “degrading a segment of society”
RELATED PERSON OR INSTITUTION
Mine Kırıkkanat
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. 216/2

Istanbul Anatolian Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office initiated an investigation against Daily Cumhuriyet writer Mine Kırıkkanat with the allegation of “provoking the public to hatred, Hostility or degrading” due to her speech on Halk TV.