MEDIA MONITORING DATABASE
Detention of Enver Aysever
RELATED PERSON OR INSTITUTION
Enver Aysever
CITY
İstanbul
YEAR OF INTERFERENCE
2021
LAST UPDATED
17/03/2021
TYPE OF STATEMENT
Political
MEDIUM
Internet
Social Media Account
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. 216/1

After he gave his statement as part of an investigation launched into a comic that he posted on Twitter, Enver Aysever was told that there was a detention warrant issued against him by the Çerkezköy Criminal Judgeship of Peace and he was taken into custody. Aysever was released after giving his statement. The charge of “provoking the public to hostility and hatred” was cited as the reason for his detention (March 17).