MEDIA MONITORING DATABASE
Threat alert against journalist – Murat Ağırel
RELATED PERSON OR INSTITUTION
Murat Ağırel
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 targeting them.

Aydın said that according to the tip-off, the attack would be carried out by armed assailants on motorcycles and that the location had already been determined. “We have made it clear who will be responsible for anything that might happen to us from now on,” she added.

The journalists also stated that they had filed a criminal complaint with the prosecutor’s office concerning the alleged attack plan.