MEDIA MONITORING DATABASE
The arrest of journalist Cihan Ölmez
RELATED PERSON OR INSTITUTION
Cihan Ölmez
CITY
Diyarbakır
YEAR OF INTERFERENCE
2018
LAST UPDATED
21/11/2019
TYPE OF STATEMENT
Political
MEDIUM
Internet
Internet News Portal
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

Journalists Abdurrahman Gök, Esra Solin Dal and Lezgin Akdeniz (Mezopotamya news agency), Semiha Alankuş (Yeni Yaşam newspaper), Cihan Ölmez and Mehmet Akdoğan have been taken into custody as part of the operation that was launched in Turkey’s southeastern province of Diyarbakır on October 9. They were released after after giving their statements at the courthouse (13 October 2018)