MEDIA MONITORING DATABASE
Threat alert against journalist – Şule Aydın
RELATED PERSON OR INSTITUTION
Şule Aydın
CITY
İstanbul
YEAR OF INTERFERENCE
2025
LAST UPDATED
20/10/2025
TYPE OF STATEMENT
Political
MEDIUM
Internet
Social Media Account
THE TITLE OF WHOSE RIGHT IS INTERFERED
Journalist
RIGHTS GUARANTEED UNDER THE RIGHT OF FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION
Right to Hold an Opinion
TYPE OF INTERFERENCE
Third-Party Interference
Threat or Harassment
THE LEGAL GROUNDS FOR INTERFERENCE
Other Laws

15 October 2025

Journalist Şule Aydın announced on her YouTube channel Onlar TV that she and journalist Murat Ağırel had received information about a planned attack against them.

“We have made it clear who will be responsible for anything that might happen to us from now on,” Aydın said, explaining that the tip-off indicated a planned attack to be carried out by assailants on motorcycles and that hitmen had already been hired.

The journalists stated that they had filed a criminal complaint regarding the attack plan.