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Assault by union members in Muğla – Ümmü Gülsüm Dural
RELATED PERSON OR INSTITUTION
Ümmü Gülsüm Dural
CITY
Muğla
YEAR OF INTERFERENCE
2025
LAST UPDATED
01/09/2025
TYPE OF STATEMENT
Political
MEDIUM
Print Media
Newspaper
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

14 March 2025

Ümmü Gülsüm Dural, a reporter for the daily Yenigün, was physically and verbally assaulted by members of the TES-İŞ Trade Union while covering a meeting between the union and Muğla Metropolitan Mayor Ahmet Aras. It was reported that a female union member grabbed Dural by the throat, while a male member battered her.