MEDIA MONITORING DATABASE
Attack on journalists – İrfan Değirmenci was assaulted while reporting a news at the stalls set up by the municipality
RELATED PERSON OR INSTITUTION
İrfan Değirmenci
CITY
İstanbul
YEAR OF INTERFERENCE
2019
LAST UPDATED
25/06/2019
TYPE OF STATEMENT
Political
MEDIUM
Television
THE TITLE OF WHOSE RIGHT IS INTERFERED
Journalist
RIGHTS GUARANTEED UNDER THE RIGHT OF FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION
Right to Impart Information and Ideas
TYPE OF INTERFERENCE
Third-Party Interference
Physical Interference

Journalist İrfan Değirmenci was attacked in İstanbul on February 11, while he was trying to interview the people waiting in the line to buy vegetables sold at the stalls set up by the municipality to regulate prices.