MEDIA MONITORING DATABASE
Armed attack on Sami Harunlar
RELATED PERSON OR INSTITUTION
Sami Harunlar
CITY
Mersin
YEAR OF INTERFERENCE
2019
LAST UPDATED
11/11/2019
TYPE OF STATEMENT
Political
MEDIUM
Internet
Internet News Portal
THE TITLE OF WHOSE RIGHT IS INTERFERED
The Owner (Person) of the Media Outlet
RIGHTS GUARANTEED UNDER THE RIGHT OF FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION
Right to Impart Information and Ideas
TYPE OF INTERFERENCE
Third-Party Interference
Physical Interference

Journalist Sami Harunlar, the owner of the local newspaper Barış, was attacked by armed assailants on 23 August 2019 near his home in the Tarsus district. Harunlar was hospitalized following the incident.