Police intervened against a Rûdaw TV crew interviewing fans outside RAMS Park in Istanbul following a match between Galatasaray and Amedspor, detaining reporter Ömer Sönmez and cameraman Faruk Uysal for approximately 30 to 40 minutes.
The Erbil-based Kurdish broadcaster's crew was interviewing Amedspor supporters at the stadium in Istanbul when police officers intervened during a live broadcast.
Police officers detained Sönmez and Uysal for approximately 30 to 40 minutes, during which they conducted identity checks and searched their records through Turkey's General Information Collection (GBT) system, a police database used for background and security checks.
During the intervention, police officers also attempted to confiscate the Rûdaw crew's camera, but the journalists refused to hand it over.
Following the police intervention, the Rûdaw crew was also prevented from conducting further interviews with Amedspor supporters.
Amedspor is a soccer club based in Diyarbakır, a predominantly Kurdish city in southeastern Turkey.
