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The Trial against Atilla Taş for “insulting the president”
RELATED PERSON OR INSTITUTION
Atilla Taş
CITY
İstanbul
YEAR OF INTERFERENCE
2017
LAST UPDATED
13/05/2019
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
Criminal Courts
Decision of acquittal
THE LEGAL GROUNDS FOR INTERFERENCE
Turkish Penal Code
Art. 299
The former writer of Meydan newspaper, which is now-shuttered by decree law, Atilla Taş was acquitted of “insulting the President of the Republic” by the Büyükçekmece 2nd Assize Criminal Court on October 10, 2017.
