MEDIA MONITORING DATABASE
Detention of Burak Şefkat
RELATED PERSON OR INSTITUTION
Burak Şefkat
CITY
Hatay
YEAR OF INTERFERENCE
2021
LAST UPDATED
14/11/2021
TYPE OF STATEMENT
Political
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

Journalist Burak Şefkat was detained with his house in Mersin raided by police after he reported on the allegations about a 2.5-billion-dollar dock planned to be constructed by the Tosyalı Holding in the İskenderun 2nd Organized Industrial Zone. Referred to the Tarsus Security Directorate, Şefkat was kept waiting there for nearly 3 hours again (November 14-15).