content tagged with Turkish penal code

Top court invalidates legal provision on 'committing crimes on behalf of a criminal organization'

Top court invalidates legal provision on 'committing crimes on behalf of a criminal organization'

The Constitutional Court has annulled the provision in question by unanimous vote. The decision will take effect four months later.

8 December 2023

How is the public 'provoked into hatred and hostility' in Türkiye?

'TCK 216'

How is the public 'provoked into hatred and hostility' in Türkiye?

Article 216 of the Turkish Penal Code has increasingly been used for the prosecution of the government critics. Lawyer Çiğdem Akbulut explains the double standards in the implementation of the article.

1 September 2022 Ayça Söylemez

CHP deputy investigated for 'insulting Turkish nation' over tweets on Armenian Genocide

CHP deputy investigated for 'insulting Turkish nation' over tweets on Armenian Genocide

"107 years ago, on April 24, 1915, hundreds of Armenian intellectuals were detained in İstanbul, exiled to Çankırı, Ayaş and Ankara, and forcibly disappeared. Without confronting this date, which is the milestone of evil, true justice cannot be achieved," wrote MP Tanrıkulu.

‘Insulting the President’: Is it a tool to bring society into line?

‘Insulting the President’: Is it a tool to bring society into line?

According to lawyer Molu, the law on insulting the President aims to prevent or deter people from criticizing. Önderoğlu from the RSF says the law is a tool to bring people into line: Since 2014, 70 journalists have been convicted of this charge in Turkey.

27 January 2022 Hikmet Adal

Transphobic business owner, employee sentenced to prison for ‘discrimination’

Transphobic business owner, employee sentenced to prison for ‘discrimination’

Not letting three people in because they were trans and verbally assaulting them, the business owner and employee of the Köroğlu Tripe Restaurant have been sentenced to prison: “This is a great achievement. I tried hard to not applaud at court.”

10 December 2021 Efekan Akyüz

File to Erdoğan Administration: Freedom to News

BIA MEDIA MONITORING REPORT/ 2018 APRIL-MAY-JUNE

File to Erdoğan Administration: Freedom to News

127 journalists entered July 1 in prison. 33 of the 127 journalists have been tried, 40 have been investigated, 24 are convicted and files of 30 are at the upper court.

13 July 2018 Erol Önderoğlu

107 Journalists in Prison, 2,500 Others Left Unemployed Due To Closures

BİA MEDIA MONITORING REPORT 2016 JULY-AUGUST-SEPTEMBER

107 Journalists in Prison, 2,500 Others Left Unemployed Due To Closures

Of 107 arrested journalists, 71 are from Gülen Community, 29 others from Kurdish Media. 155 media organs have been closed down, 775 press cards and 49 passports revoked.

24 October 2016 Erol Önderoğlu

Declaration by 45 Intellectuals to Abolish Article 299 - Insulting the President

Declaration by 45 Intellectuals to Abolish Article 299 - Insulting the President

45 intellectuals noting Article 299 of Turkish Penal Code which carries a prison sentence of four years for defaming the President was open to abuse and not compliant with the Constitution and decisions of ECtHR, have demanded abolition of the article.

At Least 20K Convicted of “Armed Organization” in 4 Years

At Least 20K Convicted of “Armed Organization” in 4 Years

According to a statement by Justice Minister Ergün, 66,126 individuals faced prosecutor investigation within Turkish Penal Code Article 314 with 20,265 convicted to a sentence in the past four years.

24 September 2013

Amnesty International Urges Turkey to Revise Laws Against FoE

Amnesty International Urges Turkey to Revise Laws Against FoE

Amnesty International released a 38 page report on the freedom of expression in Turkey today, underlining a series of articles in Turkish Penal Code and Anti-Terror Act that potentially violated the freedom of expression.