MEDIA MONITORING DATABASE
Detention of Hayri Tunç
RELATED PERSON OR INSTITUTION
Hayri Tunç
CITY
İstanbul
YEAR OF INTERFERENCE
2022
LAST UPDATED
21/03/2022
TYPE OF STATEMENT
Political
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. 216/1

Hayri Tunç was taken into custody during the Newroz celebrations in İstanbul’s Yenikapı on March 20, 2022. Referred to court at the Çağlayan Courthouse after being detained, Tunç was released by the court (March 21).