MEDIA MONITORING DATABASE
The lawsuit filed against Barış Terkoğlu due to his article on child abuse
RELATED PERSON OR INSTITUTION
Barış Terkoğlu
CITY
İstanbul
YEAR OF INTERFERENCE
2020
LAST UPDATED
26/02/2020
MEDIUM
Internet
Internet News Portal
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
Criminal Courts
Imposing the fines
THE LEGAL GROUNDS FOR INTERFERENCE
Turkish Penal Code
Art. 285

Oda TV News Editor Barış Terkoğlu, covered a child abuse story of a 17 year old who was a member of “Alperen Ocakları” (a far-right youth organization related to the Great Unity Party), which was published on 15 November 2018. Within few hours Elazığ 1st Peace Criminal Judgeship ordered an access ban to the article. Further, a lawsuit was filed against the journalist for “breaching the confidentiality of investigation”. On 30 January 2020, Istanbul Anatolian 16 Assize Criminal Court found him guilty on this charge and sentenced to 6080 TL judicial fine.