MEDIA MONITORING DATABASE
Detention of ETHA reporter Elif Bayburt
RELATED PERSON OR INSTITUTION
Elif Bayburt
CITY
İstanbul
YEAR OF INTERFERENCE
2022
LAST UPDATED
03/09/2022
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
Taking into custody

The families of prisoners wanted to make a press statement at Kartal Square in İstanbul. Not permitting the press statement, police officers moved journalists away from the area by force. They intervened against journalists and took Etkin News Agency (ETHA) reporter Elif Bayburt into custody. Bayburt was taken to the İstanbul Security Directorate at Vatan Avenue. Giving her statement there, Bayburt was later released from detention (September 3).