MEDIA MONITORING DATABASE
Death threat against Murat Ağırel on social media
RELATED PERSON OR INSTITUTION
Murat Ağırel
YEAR OF INTERFERENCE
2021
LAST UPDATED
11/08/2021
TYPE OF STATEMENT
Political
MEDIUM
Print Media
Newspaper
THE TITLE OF WHOSE RIGHT IS INTERFERED
Journalist
RIGHTS GUARANTEED UNDER THE RIGHT OF FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION
Right to Impart Information and Ideas
TYPE OF INTERFERENCE
Third-Party Interference
Threat or Harassment

Murat Ağırel, a columnist for daily Yeniçağ and presenter for Halk TV, was threatened on social media by Emrah Çelik, a member of the Justice and Development Party (AKP) Kapaklı District Organization who fought for al-Nusra in Syria (August 11).