MEDIA MONITORING DATABASE
House of Eren Keskin, the former editor-in-chief of closed daily Özgür Gündem, raided by police
RELATED PERSON OR INSTITUTION
Eren Keskin
CITY
İstanbul
YEAR OF INTERFERENCE
2019
LAST UPDATED
23/10/2019
TYPE OF STATEMENT
Political
MEDIUM
Internet
Social Media Account
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
Opening a criminal investigation
THE LEGAL GROUNDS FOR INTERFERENCE
Anti-Terror Law
Art. 7/2

Police officers of the Counter terrorism branch of the İstanbul conducted a raid against the house of Human Rights Association (İHD) Co-Chair lawyer and the former editor-in-chief of closed daily Özgür Gündem, Eren Keskin on October 22. Keskin was not at home during the raid. In the scope of a complaint, Eren Keskin gave her deposition at the Anatolia Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office for allegedly “propagandising for a terrorist organisation” due to her social media posts.