MEDIA MONITORING DATABASE
Attack on journalist Umut Yaygır and Özcan Saraç in Konya
RELATED PERSON OR INSTITUTION
Umut Yaygır
CITY
Konya
YEAR OF INTERFERENCE
2022
LAST UPDATED
29/03/2022
TYPE OF STATEMENT
Political
MEDIUM
Internet
Internet News Portal
THE TITLE OF WHOSE RIGHT IS INTERFERED
The Owner (Person) of the Media Outlet
RIGHTS GUARANTEED UNDER THE RIGHT OF FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION
Right to Impart Information and Ideas
TYPE OF INTERFERENCE
Third-Party Interference
Physical Interference

Journalist Umut Yaygır, the grant holder of a local news website in Konya’s Ereğli, and Özcan Saraç were attacked while eating at a restaurant in the district center, allegedly by an ultranationalist group known as “Gray Wolves” or “Idealist Hearths” (March 29).