Investigation against journalist Ahmet Kandal for disclosing police officers' names

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Mesopotamia Agency (MA) reporter Ahmet Kandal has been summoned to depose for a report about a 16-year-old child being detained 30 times in three years.

The Nusaybin Chief Public Prosecutor's Office has charged the reporter with "marking a counterterrorism official as a target" because of disclosing the names of police officers in the report.

At the Anti-Terror Department of the Mardin Provincial Security Directorate, Kanbal was asked how he was able to obtain the credentials of the officers and who were his news sources.

Kanbal stated that he had reported on officers who committed an offense and were being investigated.

According to the report published in November 2020, F.A., 16, was detained more than 30 times in three years. Police officers at the Mardin Anti-Terror Department detained him without a warrant by a prosecutor and tried to convince him to be an informant, said the report.

Also, Felek A., the mother of F.A. was battered at the security directorate, where she had gone after his elder son was detained, according to the report. Felek A. had filed a criminal complaint with the Nusaybin Chief Public Prosecutor's Office.

After the prosecutors opened an investigation into the officers, it was revealed that the relevant camera recordings at the security directorate were deleted.

(HA/VK)