Writer and Columnist Ayşegül Tözeren Detained

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Writer Ayşegül Tözeren has been taken into custody in a raid conducted to her house. Tözeren is also a columnist for the daily Evrensel.

Fatih Polat, the Editor-in-Chief of the newspaper, has announced the detention of Ayşegül Tözeren on his social media account.

Detained late in the night today (August 20), Tözeren was referred to Haseki Public Hospital for a medical examination. Afterwards, she was taken to the İstanbul Directorate of Security on Vatan Avaenue.

Mustafa Söğütlü and Erdal Doğan, attorneys for the daily Evrensel, attempted to meet Tözeren at the security directorate; however, they were told that they could not see her as there was a 24-hour restriction order.

Leaving the security directorate, the attorneys will meet the prosecutor and request that the restriction order be lifted.

Daily Evrensel Editor-in-Chief Fatih Polat has announced the detention of Ayşegül Tözeren in a series of tweets:

Şu anda gazetemiz Evrensel'in yazarlarından Ayşegül Tözeren evinde gözaltına alınıyor. Ayşegül'ün telefonundan annesi ile konuştum. 'Evde bir sürü polis var. Ayşegül'ü gözaltına alıyorlar. Gerekçe söylemiyorlar' dedi. Vatan'daki emniyet binasına götüreceklermiş. +

— Fatih Polat (@fpolat69) August 19, 2019

Polat has informed that he talked to her mother, who told him, "There are several police officers in the house. They are taking Ayşegül into custody. They are not showing any reasons." "As a justification for the detention, the police only said, 'There is a report'", Polat has indicated further. (RT/SD)