MEDIA MONITORING DATABASE
Detention over Netanyahu question – İhsan Demir
RELATED PERSON OR INSTITUTION
İhsan Demir
CITY
İstanbul
YEAR OF INTERFERENCE
2025
LAST UPDATED
08/12/2025
TYPE OF STATEMENT
Political
MEDIUM
Television
THE TITLE OF WHOSE RIGHT IS INTERFERED
Journalist
RIGHTS GUARANTEED UNDER THE RIGHT OF FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION
Right to Hold an Opinion
TYPE OF INTERFERENCE
Judicial Interference
Public Prosecution Offices
Taking into custody
THE LEGAL GROUNDS FOR INTERFERENCE
Turkish Penal Code
Art. 299


23 September 2025
On 23 September 2025, İhsan Demir, the responsible managing editor of TELE1, was taken from his home and brought to the courthouse by police over a subtitle reading “What’s the difference between RTE and Netanyahu?” which appeared for about a minute during the 21 September 2025 broadcast of “Türkiye’nin Yönü.” Demir was released under judicial control with a travel ban and reporting obligation.