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The owner of Didim Özgürses Mustafa Öge is on trial for “inciting the public to hatred and enmity”
RELATED PERSON OR INSTITUTION
Mustafa Öge
CITY
Aydın
YEAR OF INTERFERENCE
2018
LAST UPDATED
06/12/2019
TYPE OF STATEMENT
Political
MEDIUM
Internet
Internet News Portal
THE TITLE OF WHOSE RIGHT IS INTERFERED
The Owner (Person) of the Media Outlet
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. 216/1

Mustafa Öge, the owner of Didim Özgürses, Ergün Korkmaz, who owns the newspaper Mavi Didim, and Erdem Özden, its reporter, are standing trial for “inciting the public to hatred and enmity” for publishing the critical statements of Emek Party in Didim on “Afrin Operation” at the 1st Criminal Court of First Instance in Didim. The hearing began on June 22, 2018. The court adjourned the case until 16 October 2018.

On the last hearing held on April 10, 2019, the court decided the acquittal of the journalists.