MEDIA MONITORING DATABASE
Physical intervention against journalists – Erdinç Yılmaz
RELATED PERSON OR INSTITUTION
Erdinç Yılmaz
CITY
İstanbul
YEAR OF INTERFERENCE
2021
LAST UPDATED
01/04/2021
TYPE OF STATEMENT
Political
MEDIUM
Television
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
THE LEGAL GROUNDS FOR INTERFERENCE
Other Laws

Police intervened against the students who wanted to hold a protest in İstanbul’s Kadıköy district on April 1, 2021 in support of their friends arrested for joining the Boğaziçi University protests against the appointed rector. Taking 35 people into custody, police officers also physically intervened against Halk TV reporter Erdinç Yılmaz and camera operator Umur Çilingir, who were at the scene to cover the incident, by pushing and kicking them (April 1).