MEDIA MONITORING DATABASE
Battery of MA reporter Doğan Kaynak by police
RELATED PERSON OR INSTITUTION
Doğan Kaynak
CITY
İstanbul
YEAR OF INTERFERENCE
2022
LAST UPDATED
03/09/2022
TYPE OF STATEMENT
Political
MEDIUM
Internet
News Agency
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
Interferences by the Executive Power
Executive and Administration
Interference of police forces

The families of prisoners wanted to make a press statement at Kartal Square in İstanbul. Not permitting the press statement, police officers moved journalists away from the area. They intervened against journalists and detained Etkin News Agency (ETHA) reporter Elif Bayburt. Mezopotamya Agency (MA) reporter Doğan Kaynak was battered by police (September 3).