MEDIA MONITORING DATABASE
Detention of Ümit Kartal
RELATED PERSON OR INSTITUTION
Ümit Kartal
CITY
İzmir
LAST UPDATED
24/11/2019
TYPE OF STATEMENT
Political
MEDIUM
Print Media
Newspaper
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. 216/1

Ümit Kartal, the editor in chief of the Izmir-based local newspaper İz was taken in custody during a police raid on the office of the newspaper due to the reports the newspaper had run concerning Turkey’s military operation on Afrin.

Lawyers have said a restriction of access order was issued concerning Kartal’s case file during the time of his detention. Kartal was released from custody on 5 February 2018.