MEDIA MONITORING DATABASE
Detention of Önsöz magazine Editor-in-Chief Songül Yücel
RELATED PERSON OR INSTITUTION
Songül Yücel
CITY
İstanbul
YEAR OF INTERFERENCE
2023
LAST UPDATED
09/10/2023
TYPE OF STATEMENT
Political
MEDIUM
Print Media
Periodicals
THE TITLE OF WHOSE RIGHT IS INTERFERED
Editor / Editor-In-Chief
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. 314/2

In Istanbul, police raided the offices of Mücadele Birliği Newspaper, Ayışığı Ekin Art Association and the homes of employees. Songül Yücel, Editor-in-Chief of Önsöz magazine published by Ayışığı Ekin Art Association, and illustrator Sena Şat from the editorial board were detained in their homes on suspicion of “membership in a terrorist organization” (TCK 314) (6 October).

Police detained Ezgi Yergin, Editor-in-Chief of Mücadele Birliği Newspaper and Muhammed Hizmetçi, representative of Mücadele Birliği Platform (6 October).

Detained newspaper and magazine employees were released on October 9 (9 October).