MEDIA MONITORING DATABASE
The arrest of journalist Yaprak Kurban
RELATED PERSON OR INSTITUTION
Yaprak Kurban
CITY
Tunceli
LAST UPDATED
03/10/2023
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 Impart Information and Ideas
TYPE OF INTERFERENCE
Judicial Interference
Public Prosecution Offices
Arrest request
THE LEGAL GROUNDS FOR INTERFERENCE
Turkish Penal Code
Art. 220/6

Yeni Demokrasi Newspaper reporters Ertan Çıta and Yaprak Kurban were detained on charges of “illegal organization membership” in a Dersim-based operation. They were taken to Tunceli Security Directorate without the reason for their detention. In addition to the journalists, three people were detained in Dersim and one person was detained in Istanbul. Çıta and Kurban were arrested (October 3).