MEDIA MONITORING DATABASE
Detention of Diren Yurtsever
RELATED PERSON OR INSTITUTION
Diren Yurtsever
CITY
Ankara
YEAR OF INTERFERENCE
2017
LAST UPDATED
06/12/2019
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 Impart Information and Ideas
TYPE OF INTERFERENCE
Judicial Interference
Public Prosecution Offices
Taking into custody

Jin News reporters Duygu Erol and Habibe Eren, editor of Jin News Sibel Yükler and reporters for Mezopotamya News Agency, Selman Güzelyüz and Diren Yurtsever were taken into custody in a house raid in Ankara on the ground of a “complaint” on October 20, 2017.
Jin News editor Sibel Yükler and Mezepotamya Agency reporters Diren Yurtsever and Selman Güzelyüz were released on October 21 in the wake of their deposition at the police station.