MEDIA MONITORING DATABASE
Journalist Fatoş Erdoğan injured in police intervention on 1 May
RELATED PERSON OR INSTITUTION
Fatoş Erdoğan
CITY
İstanbul
YEAR OF INTERFERENCE
2024
LAST UPDATED
01/05/2024
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

Journalists Fatoş Erdoğan and Umut Taştan, who were covering the 1 May Workers and Laborers Day celebrations in İstanbul, were injured in the police intervention. While journalist Umut Taştan suffered an injury to his foot, Fatoş Erdoğan was hit by a plastic bullet  (1 May).