Denizcan Abay has experienced the oppression suffered by journalists in Turkey through the penalties received by her father, Necati Abay. The elder Abay took refuge in Germany in 2012, after receiving a prison sentence for reporting he had done.
Deniz Abay tecrubeyên ji ber zextê li ser rojnamegeran, ji cezayên ku li bavê wê rojnameger Necatî Abay hatiye dayîn, girtiye. Bavê wê Abay ji ber nûçeyên ku wî çêkiriye caze lê hatiye dayîn. Necatî Abay di sala 2012an de li Almanyayê îltîca kiriye.