MEDIA MONITORING DATABASE
An investigation against journalist Medina Gümüş
RELATED PERSON OR INSTITUTION
Medina Gümüş
CITY
Adana
YEAR OF INTERFERENCE
2019
LAST UPDATED
25/11/2019
MEDIUM
Radio
TYPE OF INTERFERENCE
Judicial Interference
Public Prosecution Offices
Opening a criminal investigation
THE LEGAL GROUNDS FOR INTERFERENCE
Anti-Terror Law
Art. 7/2

The police raided the house of journalist Medina Gümüş at around 04.40 a.m. today (November 21), as part of an investigation by Adana Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office.

While Gümüş could not be detained as she is currently abroad, the police searched the house in Seyhan district int he southern province of Adana.

Gümüş shared a photo of a police vehicle on Twitter, saying that her family’s home was raided.

Gümüş was the editor-in-chief of the Radio Dünya, which was shut down Statutory Decree No. 668 during the state of emergency period after the 2016 coup attempt.