MEDIA MONITORING DATABASE
Detention of Hakan Gülseven
RELATED PERSON OR INSTITUTION
Hakan Gülseven
CITY
İstanbul
YEAR OF INTERFERENCE
2020
LAST UPDATED
25/09/2020
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. 299

As part of the operations launched against the “Movement of the Nameless” (İsimsizler Hareketi) on September 25, journalist Hakan Gülseven was detained. While Gülseven was released after giving his statement, it was reported that he also gave a statement on charge of “insulting the President of the Republic” (September 25)