MEDIA MONITORING DATABASE
Aysel Işık – trial for “membership of a terrorist organization”
RELATED PERSON OR INSTITUTION
Aysel Işık
CITY
Şırnak
YEAR OF INTERFERENCE
2017
LAST UPDATED
09/06/2019
TYPE OF STATEMENT
Political
MEDIUM
Internet
News Agency
THE TITLE OF WHOSE RIGHT IS INTERFERED
Journalist
TYPE OF INTERFERENCE
Judicial Interference
Criminal Courts
Approval of the indictment and initiating the prosecution
THE LEGAL GROUNDS FOR INTERFERENCE
Turkish Penal Code
Art. 314/2

On November 21, 2016, Işık was arrested on the charge of”being a member of an [illegal] organization” due to her social media posts. The Şırnak 2nd High Criminal Court has released Işık on March 1, 2017. She will be standing trial without arrest.