MEDIA MONITORING DATABASE
Physical assault against journalist – Abdurrahman Fırat
RELATED PERSON OR INSTITUTION
Abdurrahman Fırat
CITY
Aydın
YEAR OF INTERFERENCE
2025
LAST UPDATED
02/11/2025
TYPE OF STATEMENT
Social
MEDIUM
Internet
Internet News Portal
THE TITLE OF WHOSE RIGHT IS INTERFERED
Journalist
RIGHTS GUARANTEED UNDER THE RIGHT OF FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION
Right to Access to Information and Ideas
TYPE OF INTERFERENCE
Third-Party Interference
Physical Interference
THE LEGAL GROUNDS FOR INTERFERENCE
Other Laws

25 October 2025

On 25 October 2025, journalist Abdurrahman Fırat was physically assaulted by relatives of traffic accident victims while trying to record footage of the accident in the Efeler district of Aydın. He was attacked along with Uğur Eser, Aziz Özden, and Yusuf Konrat, making a total of four journalists targeted during the incident. Fırat was hospitalized by ambulance and later filed a complaint with the Efeler Police Department after obtaining a medical report.