MEDIA MONITORING DATABASE
Harassment of bianet reporter Tuğçe Yılmaz by police
RELATED PERSON OR INSTITUTION
Tuğçe Yılmaz
CITY
İstanbul
YEAR OF INTERFERENCE
2022
LAST UPDATED
01/09/2022
TYPE OF STATEMENT
Political
MEDIUM
Internet
Internet News Portal
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

Covering the September 1 Peace Day events in İstanbul’s Kadıköy, bianet reporter Tuğçe Yılmaz was harassed by an undercover police officer. Yılmaz said that the officer squeezed her breast (September 1).