MEDIA MONITORING DATABASE
Physical assault against journalist – Uğur Eser
RELATED PERSON OR INSTITUTION
Uğur Eser
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 Uğur Eser was physically assaulted by relatives of traffic accident victims while covering the accident in Aydın’s Efeler district. He was attacked along with Abdurrahman Fırat, Aziz Özden, and Yusuf Konrat, bringing the number of assaulted journalists to four. Eser went to the hospital on his own, obtained a medical report, and filed a complaint with the Efeler Police Department.