MEDIA MONITORING DATABASE
Yağız Barut – investigation for “insult”
RELATED PERSON OR INSTITUTION
Yağız Barut
CITY
İzmir
YEAR OF INTERFERENCE
2022
LAST UPDATED
11/02/2022
TYPE OF STATEMENT
Political
MEDIUM
Print Media
Newspaper
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
Third-Party Interference
Interference to the Content of the Statement

Yağız Barut, the managing editor of İz Gazete, was summoned to give his statement over his news report regarding the failure of Judge Hacım Çiftçi to abide by the restraining order issued for allegedly inflicting violence on his spouse and child. Upon the criminal complaint of Judge Çiftçi, the journalist was summoned to give his statement (February 11).