MEDIA MONITORING DATABASE
Nizamettin İzgi – trial for “being affiliated with a terrorist organization”
RELATED PERSON OR INSTITUTION
Nizamettin İzgi
CITY
Batman
YEAR OF INTERFERENCE
2017
LAST UPDATED
26/04/2019
TYPE OF STATEMENT
Political
MEDIUM
Print Media
Newspaper
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
Approval of the indictment and initiating the prosecution
THE LEGAL GROUNDS FOR INTERFERENCE
Turkish Penal Code
Art. 314/2

The owner of Batman Newspaper Nizamettin İzgi has been standing trial for “membership in a terrorist organisation [FETÖ]” at Batman High Criminal Court. He was released from prison on July 17, 2017.