MEDIA MONITORING DATABASE
Detention of Ferhat Çelik
RELATED PERSON OR INSTITUTION
Ferhat Çelik
CITY
İstanbul
YEAR OF INTERFERENCE
2023
LAST UPDATED
14/03/2023
TYPE OF STATEMENT
Political
MEDIUM
Internet
News Agency
THE TITLE OF WHOSE RIGHT IS INTERFERED
The Owner (Person) of the Media Outlet
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
Anti-Terror Law
Art. 6/1

Mezopotamya Ajansı (MA) Publisher Ferhat Çelik was taken into custody in the Feriköy police station where he went in order to give his statement.

Çelik, for whom there was an arrest warrant due to another investigation was taken to the İstanbul Çağlayan Courthouse. He gave his statement to the prosecutor. Yılmaz was accused of marking counterterrorism officials as a target because of the posts shared from the Twitter account of the agency. He was released after  his statement was taken (March 14).