MEDIA MONITORING DATABASE
The trial of Çağdaş Büyükbaş, the director of Monthly “Proleter Devrimci Duruş” magazine, for “propagandising for a terrorist organisation”
RELATED PERSON OR INSTITUTION
Çağdaş Büyükbaş
CITY
İstanbul
YEAR OF INTERFERENCE
2017
LAST UPDATED
25/06/2019
TYPE OF STATEMENT
Political
MEDIUM
Print Media
Periodicals
THE TITLE OF WHOSE RIGHT IS INTERFERED
Chief Editor
RIGHTS GUARANTEED UNDER THE RIGHT OF FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION
Right to Impart Information and Ideas
TYPE OF INTERFERENCE
Judicial Interference
Criminal Courts
Sentence to imprisonment
THE LEGAL GROUNDS FOR INTERFERENCE
Anti-Terror Law
Art. 7/2

Çağdaş Büyükbaş, the director of Monthly “Proleter Devrimci Duruş” magazine, was sentenced to 1 year and 10 months due to his articles published in the magazine and he was arrested on 11 August 2017 for “propagandising for the terrorist organization” and taken to Silivri Prison. Büyükbaş was released on January, 3.