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Fire watch: Attack on journalists while following up Marmaris fire – NTV İzmir Representative Merih Ak
RELATED PERSON OR INSTITUTION
Merih Ak
CITY
Muğla
YEAR OF INTERFERENCE
2021
LAST UPDATED
01/08/2021
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

A group of people attacked NTV İzmir representative Merih Ak and camera operator Burak Uygun and TRT Haber reporter Duygu Tuncer and camera operator Serhat Alabuğa while they were following up the forest fire in Muğla’s Marmaris on August 1, 2021. The journalists were attacked by an angry mob while preparing for broadcast in Hisarönü Neighborhood (August 1).