MEDIA MONITORING DATABASE
Detention of Vedat Çetin
RELATED PERSON OR INSTITUTION
Vedat Çetin
CITY
Diyarbakır
LAST UPDATED
24/11/2019
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
THE LEGAL GROUNDS FOR INTERFERENCE
Turkish Penal Code
Art. 314/2

Journalist and writer Vedat Çetin was detained on October 19 during a raid on his Diyarbakır home as part of an investigation into the Democratic Society Congress (DTK). He was released on judicial control measures and international travel ban.