MEDIA MONITORING DATABASE
Attack on two journalists in Diyarbakır – Sedat Irmak
RELATED PERSON OR INSTITUTION
Sedat Irmak
CITY
Diyarbakır
YEAR OF INTERFERENCE
2021
LAST UPDATED
17/07/2021
TYPE OF STATEMENT
Political
MEDIUM
Other
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

Following the armed fight between two groups in Diyarbakır’s Bağlar district, DHA camera operator Nurettin Fidancan and İHA reporter Sedat Irmak were subjected to the verbal and physical attack of a group involving in the fight. The assaulters kicked Nurettin Fidancan. While the police intervened in the incident, the suspects were not detained (July 17).