MEDIA MONITORING DATABASE
Detention of founder of Manset24 news website, Ömer Turan – 1
RELATED PERSON OR INSTITUTION
Ömer Turan
CITY
İstanbul
YEAR OF INTERFERENCE
2017
LAST UPDATED
07/05/2019
TYPE OF STATEMENT
Political
MEDIUM
Internet
Internet News Portal
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

Ömer Turan, the founder of Manset24.com news website was detained on September 23, 2017 on the grounds that he has shared tweets in which he has praised Emre Uslu, Mehmet Baransu and Önder Aytaç, Hakan Fidan, the Undersecretary of MİT and published an article on Önder Aytaç’s alleged nomination of candidacy for the MIT Undersecretariat. Turan was released the following evening.