MEDIA MONITORING DATABASE
Detention of Evrensel reporter Volkan Pekal
RELATED PERSON OR INSTITUTION
Volkan Pekal
CITY
Adana
YEAR OF INTERFERENCE
2023
LAST UPDATED
07/02/2023
TYPE OF STATEMENT
Political
MEDIUM
Print Media
Newspaper
THE TITLE OF WHOSE RIGHT IS INTERFERED
Journalist
RIGHTS GUARANTEED UNDER THE RIGHT OF FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION
Right to Access to Information and Ideas
TYPE OF INTERFERENCE
Judicial Interference
Public Prosecution Offices
Taking into custody

Volkan Pekal, a reporter for daily Evrensel, was taken into custody on the grounds that he was “filming without permission” while he was trying to cover the earthquake victims at the Adana City Hospital. Taken to the police station at the hospital, Pekal was released following the formalities there (February 7).