MEDIA MONITORING DATABASE
The detention of writer for Kocaeli Cumhuriyet newspaper, Atilla Yüceak
RELATED PERSON OR INSTITUTION
Atilla Yüceak
CITY
Kocaeli
YEAR OF INTERFERENCE
2018
LAST UPDATED
22/05/2019
TYPE OF STATEMENT
Political
MEDIUM
Internet
Social Media Account
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

On 8 February 2018, the opponent poet and writer for Kocaeli Cumhuriyet newspaper, Atilla Yüceak was taken into custody on the grounds of his social media posts regarding the Afrin operation.