MEDIA MONITORING DATABASE
Detention of İrfan Aydın
RELATED PERSON OR INSTITUTION
İrfan Aydın
CITY
Bursa
YEAR OF INTERFERENCE
2021
LAST UPDATED
02/07/2021
TYPE OF STATEMENT
Political
MEDIUM
Print Media
Newspaper
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
Turkish Penal Code
Art. 125/1

İrfan Aydın, the grant holder of the “3. Göz” (3rd Eye) local online newspaper in the district of Orhangazi in Bursa province, was taken into custody on the grounds that he had allegedly “insulted” President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Minister of Interior Süleyman Soylu with his comments about the recent videos posted by Sedat Peker, who faces a search warrant in Turkey for leading a criminal organization. Aydın was released the next day (July 2).