People’s Democratic Party (HDP) Kocaeli MP Dr. Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu carried the investigation on “those who threaten economic security” to the Parliament. The Parliamentary Question posed by Gergerlioğlu, directed to Vice President Fuat Oktay, asked the legal basis for the crime of “threatening economic security.”
Ankara and Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor’s Offices have previously announced investigations started against social media accounts, news and other written and visual media due to “threatening economic security” and “serving economic attacks.” Wanting to find out how many people the investigations were opened against, Gergerlioğlu stated, “What did these people share on the social media to threaten economic security?”
Reacting against the investigations, human rights and press organizations indicated that “the true manipulation would be to keep news from the reader,” and stated that the operation is conducted against those who criticize the economic policy of the government and those who express their opinion on the bad economic direction.
14.08.2018
bianet.org