MEDIA MONITORING DATABASE
Physical attack on two journalists – Vedat Örüç
RELATED PERSON OR INSTITUTION
Vedat Örüç
CITY
Adana
YEAR OF INTERFERENCE
2022
LAST UPDATED
27/07/2022
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
Third-Party Interference
Physical Interference

Journalists Vedat Örüç and Elif Kurttaş were assaulted by the employer and employees of a firm in the industrialists’ site in Adana where they had been to cover waste import.

Örüç announced the attack on his Twitter account on July 27, 2022. Having received medical reports, the journalists filed a criminal complaint (July 27).