MEDIA MONITORING DATABASE
Coronavirus watch: Detention of grantholder of Halk Newspaper and Pusula Newspaper, Mustafa Ahmet Oktay
RELATED PERSON OR INSTITUTION
Mustafa Ahmet Oktay
CITY
Bartın
YEAR OF INTERFERENCE
2020
LAST UPDATED
18/03/2020
TYPE OF STATEMENT
Political
MEDIUM
Print Media
Newspaper
THE TITLE OF WHOSE RIGHT IS INTERFERED
The Owner (Person) of the Media Outlet
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

Mustafa Ahmet Oktay, owner of the Halk newspaper and Pusula Newspaper in Bartın, and Eren Sarıkaya, editor-in-chief, were detained due to news about the coronavirus. Oktay was released after giving his deposition (18 March).