{"id":124782,"date":"2026-07-08T01:39:12","date_gmt":"2026-07-08T01:39:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/124782\/"},"modified":"2026-07-08T01:39:12","modified_gmt":"2026-07-08T01:39:12","slug":"2-turkish-journalists-briefly-detained-ahead-of-nato-summit-in-ankara","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/124782\/","title":{"rendered":"2 Turkish journalists briefly detained ahead of NATO summit in Ankara"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>            <a href=\"https:\/\/stockholmcf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Kayhan-Ayhan-Hazar-Dost.jpeg\" data-caption=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" class=\"entry-thumb td-modal-image\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=\" http:=\"\" data-lazy- data-lazy- alt=\"\" title=\"Kayhan Ayhan-Hazar Dost\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Kayhan-Ayhan-Hazar-Dost-696x392.jpeg\"\/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" class=\"entry-thumb td-modal-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Kayhan-Ayhan-Hazar-Dost-696x392.jpeg\"   alt=\"\" title=\"Kayhan Ayhan-Hazar Dost\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Turkish authorities briefly detained two journalists ahead of the NATO summit opening in Ankara on Tuesday, <a href=\"https:\/\/turkishminute.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Turkish Minute<\/a> reported, citing Agence France-Presse.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The detentions came as President Recep Tayyip Erdo\u011fan prepares to host leaders of NATO\u2019s 32 member states at the July 7-8 summit, held under heavy security measures and amid growing criticism over restrictions on media access and public demonstrations.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The BirG\u00fcn opposition news website\u00a0said its reporter Kayhan Ayhan was detained at his home in \u0130stanbul on Monday night on accusations of \u201cspreading false information.\u201d Ayhan has been covering the trial of jailed \u0130stanbul Mayor Ekrem \u0130mamo\u011flu, Erdo\u011fan\u2019s main political rival.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ayhan, who had been referred to court with a request for his arrest, was also released Tuesday afternoon under judicial supervision, including a travel ban and a police check-in requirement.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Media and Law Studies Association (MLSA) said journalist Hazar Dost was also detained in \u0130stanbul while grocery shopping over charges related to his participation in a 2018 protest.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">MLSA said Dost had previously been acquitted in the case but that prosecutors had appealed the ruling. He was also expected to be taken to court on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dost was released on Tuesday afternoon after giving a statement at the K\u00fc\u00e7\u00fck\u00e7ekmece Courthouse in \u0130stanbul.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The latest detentions come after dozens of journalists, activists and government critics have been detained or arrested in recent months in operations criticized by rights groups as part of a wider crackdown ahead of the summit.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Turkish authorities briefly detained two journalists ahead of the NATO summit opening in Ankara on Tuesday, Turkish Minute&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":124783,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[83],"tags":[35549,61136,312,61137,1181,61138,57362,429,2033,131,132,155],"class_list":["post-124782","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-stockholm","tag-detained-journalists","tag-hazar-dost","tag-human-rights","tag-ibb-trials","tag-istanbul-mayor-ekrem-imamoglu","tag-kayhan-ayhan","tag-nato-summit-turkey","tag-oppression","tag-press-freedom","tag-stockholm","tag-sweden","tag-turkey"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@dk\/116881808996925952","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124782","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=124782"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124782\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/124783"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=124782"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=124782"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=124782"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}