MEDIA MONITORING DATABASE
Bodyguards of İYİ Party Chair Assault Journalist – Halil Can Özeker
RELATED PERSON OR INSTITUTION
Halil Can Özeker
CITY
Çorum
YEAR OF INTERFERENCE
2024
LAST UPDATED
07/08/2025
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 Access to Information and Ideas
TYPE OF INTERFERENCE
Third-Party Interference
Physical Interference


16 December 2024
During İYİ Party Chair Müsavat Dervişoğlu’s visit to Çorum, the party’s bodyguards assaulted members of the press. Halil Can Özeker, a reporter for İhlas News Agency (İHA), was injured in the attack.