MEDIA MONITORING DATABASE
Detention of journalist İnci Hekimoğlu
RELATED PERSON OR INSTITUTION
İnci Hekimoğlu
CITY
İzmir
YEAR OF INTERFERENCE
2022
LAST UPDATED
16/06/2022
TYPE OF STATEMENT
Political
MEDIUM
Internet
Social Media Account
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
Anti-Terror Law
Art. 7/2

Journalist İnci Hekimoğlu was detained from her home in İzmir. Hekimoğlu was taken to the Counterterrorism Branch of the İzmir Provincial Security Directorate. Released after her statement was completed at the police station, Hekimoğlu was charged with “propagandizing for a terrorist organization” over 4 social media posts that she shared between 2014-15 (June 16).