Mezopotamya News Agency Managing director Elif Çetiner and the news agency’s reporter Melike Ceyhan have been taken into custody in Hacı Ahmet Neighborhood of Istanbul’s Beyoğlu district while covering news on February 18, 2018 when they were stopped at the entrance of the neighborhood and their IDs were checked through the General Information Gathering (GBT). Then the two journalists were taken into custody and taken to Kasım Paşa Police Station. Reason for their detention is not known.