MEDIA MONITORING DATABASE
Detention of Yeniçağ Newspaper columnist Yavuz Selim Demirağ
RELATED PERSON OR INSTITUTION
Yavuz Selim Demirağ
CITY
Ankara
YEAR OF INTERFERENCE
2019
LAST UPDATED
15/12/2019
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

Yeniçağ Newspaper columnist Yavuz Selim Demirağ was taken into custody from his home on the grounds that he did not give his deposition for a case filed by Necmettin Utuş. He was released by the 46th Criminal Court of First Instance of Ankara on duty (15 December)