MEDIA MONITORING DATABASE
Zeki Erden – trial for “membership of a terrorist organization”
RELATED PERSON OR INSTITUTION
Zeki Erden
CITY
Şanlıurfa
LAST UPDATED
25/11/2019
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
Taking into custody
THE LEGAL GROUNDS FOR INTERFERENCE
Turkish Penal Code
Art. 314/2

The journalist for Özgürlük Demokrasi Newspaper Zeki Erden was sent into court house of Urfa after he was taken into custody for 14 days on the claim of “membership in a terrorist organization’. Erden was released on the decision of juridical control and international travel ban in July 2017.