MEDIA MONITORING DATABASE
Attack on Sabahattin Önkibar
RELATED PERSON OR INSTITUTION
Sabahattin Önkibar
CITY
Ankara
YEAR OF INTERFERENCE
2019
LAST UPDATED
08/10/2019
MEDIUM
Internet
Internet News Portal
THE TITLE OF WHOSE RIGHT IS INTERFERED
Journalist
TYPE OF INTERFERENCE
Third-Party Interference
Physical Interference

Journalist Sabahattin Önkibar, a columnist for the Odatv news website, was attacked on May 26. Being on his way home, Önkibar was intercepted and punched by three people.

While the journalist filed a complaint against the assaulters, one of the two vehicles driven by them has been detected based on witnesses’ accounts. Stating that the Governor of Ankara personally called him and extended his get well soon wishes, Önkibar also shared the information that the vehicle of the attackers was a rental one.