MEDIA MONITORING DATABASE
Detention of journalist Metin Uca
RELATED PERSON OR INSTITUTION
Metin Uca
CITY
İstanbul
YEAR OF INTERFERENCE
2023
LAST UPDATED
02/02/2023
TYPE OF STATEMENT
Political
MEDIUM
Other
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

On his way to Ankara, TV presenter Metin Uca was detained at İstanbul Airport for “inciting the public to hostility and hatred” (as per the Article 216 of the Turkish Penal Code – TCK). Released after giving his statement, Uca shared a message on his social media account and said that he was detained upon a tip-off about his theater play called “Did I mean this” (February 2).