VAN - Kurdish journalist Oktay Candemir had his flat in Van province stormed by the police on Monday in the scope of an arrest warrant issued against him. Candemir was released with judicial control measures.
Journalist Oktay Candemir, who was detained yesterday for allegedly "insulting the memory of the person" with his post about the TV series Diriliş Ertuğrul on his Twitter account, was brought to the courthouse in the morning. The Prosecutor's Office referred Oktay to the Criminal Court of Peace with a request of judicial control measures. Candemir was released by court with judicial control measures.
Oktay Candemir has been working as a journalist for 18 years and has been repeatedly targeted by the Turkish security authorities. In the last three years he has been sued 40 times and was sentenced twice to one year and six months in prison. Candemir was arrested three times during house raids and released only on condition of reporting requirements. For one year he was held on remand in various prisons. For two years now he has had to sign in at the police station on a weekly basis. While he was acquitted in several lawsuits, many other cases opened against him are continuing.