MEDIA MONITORING DATABASE
Veli Haydar Güleç – trial for “membership of a terrorist organization”
RELATED PERSON OR INSTITUTION
Veli Haydar Güleç
YEAR OF INTERFERENCE
2018
LAST UPDATED
24/11/2019
TYPE OF STATEMENT
Political
MEDIUM
Television
THE TITLE OF WHOSE RIGHT IS INTERFERED
Other
RIGHTS GUARANTEED UNDER THE RIGHT OF FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION
Right to Impart Information and Ideas
TYPE OF INTERFERENCE
Judicial Interference
Criminal Courts
Arrest warrant/Decision for the continuation of arrest
THE LEGAL GROUNDS FOR INTERFERENCE
Turkish Penal Code
Art. 314/2

TV10 (the pro-Alevi television channel) CEO Veli Büyükşahin, board member Veli Haydar Güleç and 33 others were detained on January 10, 2018 and they were arrested along with the 13 others for “membership in a terrorist organisation” in the scope of the operations throughout seven cities of Turkey.