MEDIA MONITORING DATABASE
Detention of Ergin Çağlar on the grounds of “membership in a terrorist organisation”
RELATED PERSON OR INSTITUTION
Ergin Çağlar
CITY
Mersin
YEAR OF INTERFERENCE
2017
LAST UPDATED
06/12/2019
TYPE OF STATEMENT
Political
MEDIUM
Internet
News Agency
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
Opening a criminal investigation
THE LEGAL GROUNDS FOR INTERFERENCE
Turkish Penal Code
Art. 314/2

Journalist Ergin Çağlar was taken into custody in Bozova district in the scope of the investigation in Mersin. He was released under the judicial control after giving his deposition before the prosecutor against the charge of “membership in a terrorist organisation” on March 11, 2017.