MEDIA MONITORING DATABASE
Detention of Selahattin Aslan
RELATED PERSON OR INSTITUTION
Selahattin Aslan
CITY
İstanbul
YEAR OF INTERFERENCE
2017
LAST UPDATED
06/05/2019
TYPE OF STATEMENT
Political
MEDIUM
Print Media
Newspaper
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

Journalist Selahattin Aslan, who flown to Istanbul from Diyarbakır, was detained at Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen Airport. Aslan was reportedly held at the Istanbul Security Directorate due to a file with a confidentiality decision (14 February 2017).