MEDIA MONITORING DATABASE
Journalists covering Saraçhane protests detained – Elif Bayburt
RELATED PERSON OR INSTITUTION
Elif Bayburt
CITY
İstanbul
YEAR OF INTERFERENCE
2025
LAST UPDATED
26/08/2025
TYPE OF STATEMENT
Political
MEDIUM
Internet
News Agency
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
Judicial Interference
Public Prosecution Offices
Taking into custody
THE LEGAL GROUNDS FOR INTERFERENCE
Other Laws

28 March 2025

Elif Bayburt, reporter for ETHA, was detained by police while covering the protests in İstanbul’s Saraçhane and university boycotts. She was released under judicial control measures.