MEDIA MONITORING DATABASE
Halk TV programmer Serhan Asker detained
RELATED PERSON OR INSTITUTION
Serhan Asker
CITY
İzmir
LAST UPDATED
06/10/2023
TYPE OF STATEMENT
Political
MEDIUM
Television
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

Serhan Asker, who made a program on Halk TV, was detained at the airport in Izmir. Serhan Asker announced the detention application on social media with the message: “I was taken off the plane by the police at the airport in Izmir, where I came for the shooting of Tomorrow’s Magnificent Memories… There was an arrest warrant for me…” The soldier was released after his statement was taken (October 6).