MEDIA MONITORING DATABASE
Physical assault against journalist – Aziz Özden
RELATED PERSON OR INSTITUTION
Aziz Özden
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

Journalist Aziz Özden was attacked by relatives of accident victims on 25 October 2025 while trying to film a traffic accident in Efeler, Aydın. He was assaulted along with Abdurrahman Fırat, Uğur Eser, and Yusuf Konrat—four journalists in total. Özden filed a complaint with the Efeler Police Department after receiving a medical report.