MEDIA MONITORING DATABASE
Nurcan Yalçın detained during police raid in Diyarbakır
RELATED PERSON OR INSTITUTION
Nurcan Yalçın
CITY
Diyarbakır
LAST UPDATED
07/05/2024
TYPE OF STATEMENT
Political
MEDIUM
Other
THE TITLE OF WHOSE RIGHT IS INTERFERED
Journalist
RIGHTS GUARANTEED UNDER THE RIGHT OF FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION
Right to Impart Information and Ideas
TYPE OF INTERFERENCE
Judicial Interference
Public Prosecution Offices
Taking into custody
THE LEGAL GROUNDS FOR INTERFERENCE
Turkish Penal Code
Art. 314/2

During home raids in Diyarbakır on May 6, 2024, journalists Nurcan Yalçın and Derya Us were detained on charges of “membership in a terrorist organization” (Turkish Criminal Code Article 314/2) and “violation of the law on preventing the financing of a terrorist organization”. The journalists were released on judicial control measures on 7 May (7 May).