A lawsuit was filed against Asst. Prof. Bülent Şık due to his announcement of the cancer research that was not announced to public by the Ministry of Health. The research was conducted in Kocaeli, Antalya, Tekirdağ, Edirne and Kırklareli and Şık announced the research with a series of articles, entitled, “Products giving cancer to people in Turkey hidden by government, we announce them! Here’s the list of poison!” The academic faces an imprisonment claim for up to 12 years due to “revealing confidential information (TCK 258),” “obtaining banned confidential information (TCK 334)” and “revealing a secret related to duty (TCK 336).”
The Ministry of Health has made a criminal complaint against Şık due to “creating public indignation” and “affecting imports” with his article series. Şık was previously dismissed from his duty at Akdeniz University with an emergency decree due to signing the Peace Petition. The first hearing of the case will be held on February 7 at Istanbul 2nd Criminal Court of First Instance.
03.01.2019
bianet.org