MEDIA MONITORING DATABASE
Detention of Nurcan Yalçın
RELATED PERSON OR INSTITUTION
Nurcan Yalçın
CITY
Diyarbakır
YEAR OF INTERFERENCE
2022
LAST UPDATED
07/02/2022
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
Third-Party Interference
Other

Journalist Nurcan Yalçın was taken into custody in a police raid on her house in Diyarbakır’s Kayapınar in the early morning hours on February 4, 2022. The reason for the detention is unknown (February 4).

Taken into custody in a house raid on February 4, 2022 as part of an investigation conducted by the Diyarbakır Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office, journalist Nurcan Yalçın was referred to the courthouse three days later. Referred to the Criminal Judgeship of Peace by the prosecutor’s office to be arrested, Yalçın was released on probation (February 7).