MEDIA MONITORING DATABASE
Physical assault against journalist – Yusuf Konrat
RELATED PERSON OR INSTITUTION
Yusuf Konrat
CITY
Aydın
YEAR OF INTERFERENCE
2025
LAST UPDATED
02/11/2025
TYPE OF STATEMENT
Social
MEDIUM
Internet
Internet News Portal
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
THE LEGAL GROUNDS FOR INTERFERENCE
Other Laws

25 October 2025

On 25 October 2025, journalist Yusuf Konrat was physically assaulted while covering a traffic accident in Efeler, Aydın. He was one of four journalists attacked by the victims’ relatives, including Abdurrahman Fırat, Uğur Eser, and Aziz Özden. Konrat obtained a medical report and filed a formal complaint at the Efeler Police Department.