MEDIA MONITORING DATABASE
Detention of PİRHA İzmir reporter Ersin Özgül
RELATED PERSON OR INSTITUTION
Ersin Özgül
CITY
İzmir
YEAR OF INTERFERENCE
2021
LAST UPDATED
04/01/2022
TYPE OF STATEMENT
Political
MEDIUM
Internet
News Agency
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
Anti-Terror Law
Art. 6/1

Taken into custody on the stated ground that “there had been a detention warrant against him as part of a file on charge of being a member of a terrorist organization”, Pir News Agency (PİRHA) İzmir reporter Ersin Özgül was released after giving his statement at the security directorate (May 5). 

A decision of non-prosecution was given in the investigation carried out against Özgül on charge of “membership of a terrorist organization” (January 4).