MEDIA MONITORING DATABASE
Detention of Sibel Tekin
RELATED PERSON OR INSTITUTION
Sibel Tekin
CITY
İstanbul
YEAR OF INTERFERENCE
2018
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

Seyri Sokak reporter and documentarist Sibel Tekin was detained on February 1, 2018, in Aksaray, Istanbul. Tekin, who was also searched at her home, asked the contents of the Twitter account of the citizen journalist video collective group, in which she was occasionally involved.