MEDIA MONITORING DATABASE
Canadian journalist banned from entering Turkey – Neil Hauer
RELATED PERSON OR INSTITUTION
Neil Hauer
CITY
İstanbul
YEAR OF INTERFERENCE
2024
LAST UPDATED
05/08/2025
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 Impart Information and Ideas
TYPE OF INTERFERENCE
Third-Party Interference
Other
THE LEGAL GROUNDS FOR INTERFERENCE
Other Laws

23 November 2024
Canadian journalist Neil Hauer was denied entry to Turkey on the grounds that he was subject to a travel ban, and was deported by plane to Yerevan, Armenia, from where he had arrived. Before the deportation, Hauer was held for 16 hours at Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen Airport.