MEDIA MONITORING DATABASE
Armed attack on the Vice Chair of Progressive Journalists Association’s Rize Branch
RELATED PERSON OR INSTITUTION
Ebru Uzun Oruç
CITY
Rize
YEAR OF INTERFERENCE
2022
LAST UPDATED
13/08/2022
TYPE OF STATEMENT
Political
MEDIUM
Internet
Other
THE TITLE OF WHOSE RIGHT IS INTERFERED
Professional Association of Journalism
RIGHTS GUARANTEED UNDER THE RIGHT OF FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION
Right to Impart Information and Ideas
TYPE OF INTERFERENCE
Third-Party Interference
Threat or Harassment

Receiving threatening and insulting messages for doing vox pops about MHP Chair Devlet Bahçeli, “Sokak Kedisi” (Street Cat) YouTube channel’s owner and presenter Ebru Uzun Oruç was subjected to an armed attack on İstanbul’s Bağdat Avenue along with her spouse Barış Oruç. Chair of the Progressive Journalists Association (ÇGD) Rize Branch Vice Chair Oruç made the incident known to the public in a social media message on August 13, 2022 (August 13).