MEDIA MONITORING DATABASE
Attack on Halk TV Headquarters
RELATED PERSON OR INSTITUTION
Halk TV
CITY
İstanbul
YEAR OF INTERFERENCE
2024
LAST UPDATED
07/08/2025
TYPE OF STATEMENT
Political
MEDIUM
Television
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

20 December 2024
On 20 December 2024, an individual identified as Y.P. entered the premises of Halk TV in Istanbul’s Zeytinburnu district, verbally abusing staff with profane language and damaging broadcast equipment. The Istanbul Police Department announced that the suspect was taken into custody following the incident, which occurred around 11:00 AM.