Bodyguards of İYİ Party Chair Assault Journalist – Volkan Sınayuç

RELATED PERSON OR INSTITUTION

Volkan Sınayuç

CITY

Çorum

YEAR OF INTERFERENCE

2024

LAST UPDATED

07/08/2025

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 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. Volkan Sınayuç, a reporter for Çorum Haber newspaper, was physically attacked and injured while attempting to cover the event.