MEDIA MONITORING DATABASE
Detention of Meltem Akyol while following the anniversary of the Gezi Protests
RELATED PERSON OR INSTITUTION
Meltem Akyol
CITY
İstanbul
YEAR OF INTERFERENCE
2022
LAST UPDATED
01/06/2022
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
Judicial Interference
Public Prosecution Offices
Taking into custody

Police intervened against the protesters who gathered in front of the İstanbul Branch of the Chamber of Mechanical Engineers of TMMOB upon a call by Taksim Solidarity on the 9th anniversary of the Gezi Resistan.

Five journalists, including the Evrensel reporter Meltem Akyol, were battered and detained while covering the demonstrations. Akyol was released after the statement was completed and the medical examination was done (May 31).