MEDIA MONITORING DATABASE
Trial against news editor of bursamuhalif.com Ozan Kaplanoğlu for “Insulting the President of the Republic”, “Insulting the religious values of part of the population”, and “propagandizing for a terrorist organisation”
RELATED PERSON OR INSTITUTION
Ozan Kaplanoğlu
CITY
Bursa
YEAR OF INTERFERENCE
2017
LAST UPDATED
08/10/2019
TYPE OF STATEMENT
Political
MEDIUM
Internet
Internet News Portal
THE TITLE OF WHOSE RIGHT IS INTERFERED
Editor / Editor-In-Chief
RIGHTS GUARANTEED UNDER THE RIGHT OF FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION
Right to Impart Information and Ideas
TYPE OF INTERFERENCE
Judicial Interference
Criminal Courts
Arrest warrant/Decision for the continuation of arrest
THE LEGAL GROUNDS FOR INTERFERENCE
Turkish Penal Code
Art. 299

News editor of bursamuhalif.com Ozan Kaplanoğlu was arrested for “Insulting the President of the Republic”, “Insulting the religious values of part of the population”, and “propagandizing for a religious organisation”. Kaplanoğlu was released after three months. He was imprisoned for two separate convictions.