MEDIA MONITORING DATABASE
Journalist detained while covering students’ march – Havva Gümüşkaya
RELATED PERSON OR INSTITUTION
Havva Gümüşkaya
CITY
Ankara
YEAR OF INTERFERENCE
2025
LAST UPDATED
27/09/2025
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 Access to Information and Ideas
TYPE OF INTERFERENCE
Third-Party Interference
Physical Interference
THE LEGAL GROUNDS FOR INTERFERENCE
Other Laws

25 April 2025

Police intervened in a student march in Ankara’s Kızılay, Konur Street, organized under the slogan “We are marching for our future.” Havva Gümüşkaya, a reporter for BirGün daily, was among 22 people detained during the intervention. She was released at around 3:00 a.m. after giving her statement at the police station.