ETHA editor Pınar Gayıp taken into custody

ETHA editor Pınar Gayıp was detained at the police station where she went to give a statement about a criminal complaint against her.

Lawyer Sezgin Keleş, who was sentenced to prison for ‘simple sexual assault’, filed a criminal complaint against ETHA (Etkin News Agency) editor Pınar Gayıp for her news reports.

Pınar Gayıp went to Kocamustafapaşa Şehit Sinan Acar Police Station in Istanbul’s Fatih district to give her statement.

Pınar Gayıp was taken into custody on the grounds of an arrest warrant issued against her in a different file. She is expected to be referred to the courthouse after a health check. Information on the file in question could not be obtained.