MEDIA MONITORING DATABASE
The detention of Mezopotamya Agency managing editor Elif Çetiner
RELATED PERSON OR INSTITUTION
Elif Çetiner
CITY
İstanbul
YEAR OF INTERFERENCE
2018
LAST UPDATED
08/06/2019
TYPE OF STATEMENT
Political
MEDIUM
Internet
News Agency
THE TITLE OF WHOSE RIGHT IS INTERFERED
Chief Editor
RIGHTS GUARANTEED UNDER THE RIGHT OF FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION
Right to Impart Information and Ideas
TYPE OF INTERFERENCE
Interferences by the Executive Power
Executive and Administration
Interference of police forces

Mezopotamya News Agency Managing director Elif Çetiner and the news agency’s reporter Melike Ceyhan have been taken into custody in Hacı Ahmet Neighborhood of Istanbul’s Beyoğlu district while covering news on February 18, 2018 when they were stopped at the entrance of the neighborhood and their IDs were checked through the General Information Gathering (GBT). Then the two journalists were taken into custody and taken to Kasım Paşa Police Station. Reason for their detention is not known.