MEDIA MONITORING DATABASE
Battery of Muhammed Emin Güleç by police
RELATED PERSON OR INSTITUTION
Muhammed Emin Güleç
CITY
Konya
YEAR OF INTERFERENCE
2021
LAST UPDATED
28/06/2021
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

Muhammed Emin Güleç, a reporter for the Konya Hakimiyet newspaper, warned the police officers doing ID checks on the grounds that they were not wearing face masks and were not observing their social distance amid the coronavirus outbreak. Güleç was battered by the police officers that he warned and filmed with his mobile phone. Güleç received a medical report documenting the battery. With his phone damaged, he filed a criminal complaint against the police officers (June 28).