MEDIA MONITORING DATABASE
Attempted attack on BirGün reporter İsmail Arı
RELATED PERSON OR INSTITUTION
İsmail Arı
CITY
İstanbul
YEAR OF INTERFERENCE
2022
LAST UPDATED
03/08/2022
TYPE OF STATEMENT
Political
MEDIUM
Print Media
Newspaper
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

Covering the press statement to be made by CHP Vice Chair Ali Öztunç in front of the Çekmeköy Barracks, which had been zoned for construction, BirGün reporter İsmail Arı faced an attempted physical attack by a group of 15-20 private security guards of the Emlak Konut company. Police teams prevented the attempted attack of the private security guards (August 3).