MEDIA MONITORING DATABASE
Armed attack on İstiklal Newspaper
RELATED PERSON OR INSTITUTION
İstiklal Newspaper
CITY
İstanbul
YEAR OF INTERFERENCE
2021
LAST UPDATED
12/05/2021
TYPE OF STATEMENT
Political
MEDIUM
Print Media
Newspaper
THE TITLE OF WHOSE RIGHT IS INTERFERED
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

An attempted armed attack targeted the central office of the İstiklal Newspaper in İstanbul on May 11, 2021. The assaulter came to the office, entered the room of Editor-in-Chief Hüseyin Arif Çakmak and demanded 2 million TRY from him (May 11).