MEDIA MONITORING DATABASE
Banu Acun detained
RELATED PERSON OR INSTITUTION
Banu Acun
CITY
İstanbul
YEAR OF INTERFERENCE
2023
LAST UPDATED
07/05/2023
TYPE OF STATEMENT
Political
MEDIUM
Internet
Internet News Portal
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
Turkish Penal Code
Art. 301

Journalist Banu Acun was detained at Sabiha Gökçen Airport on her way back to Turkey from Germany. Acun stated that the reason for her detention was “publicly denigrating Turkishness, the Republic or the Grand National Assembly of Turkey” (TCK 301/1) (May 7).