MEDIA MONITORING DATABASE
Physical attack on Bilal Meşe by Arda Turan
RELATED PERSON OR INSTITUTION
Bilal Meşe
CITY
İstanbul
YEAR OF INTERFERENCE
2017
LAST UPDATED
08/06/2019
TYPE OF STATEMENT
Political
MEDIUM
Print Media
Newspaper
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

A National Football Team player Arda Turan attacked Milliyet Newspaper sports reporter Bilal Meşe on June 6, 2017 on the plane boarded for a friendly match with Macedonia. Bilal Meşe has stated that he was going to file a criminal complaint.