MEDIA MONITORING DATABASE
The detention of Ayşenur Arslan
RELATED PERSON OR INSTITUTION
Ayşenur Arslan
CITY
Eskişehir
YEAR OF INTERFERENCE
2019
LAST UPDATED
25/06/2019
TYPE OF STATEMENT
Political
MEDIUM
Television
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
Criminal Courts
Other
THE LEGAL GROUNDS FOR INTERFERENCE
Turkish Penal Code
Art. 216/1

Ayşenur Arslan, journalist affiliated with the Halk TV, has been detained in Eskişehir province. Journalist stated that the detention was related to the an prosecution carried out by the Ankara 40th penal court of first instance on allegedly inciting the public to hatred and enmity. She was released the day after (22 March)