MEDIA MONITORING DATABASE
Physical intervention against journalists in Şile – Ayhan Arıtürk
RELATED PERSON OR INSTITUTION
Ayhan Arıtürk
CITY
İstanbul
YEAR OF INTERFERENCE
2021
LAST UPDATED
25/07/2021
TYPE OF STATEMENT
Political
MEDIUM
Television
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

Covering the search efforts for missing people in İstanbul’s Şile coast, A Haber TV reporter Çağdaş Evren Şenlik and camera operator Ayhan Arıtürk were battered by the lifeguards affiliated with the İstanbul Metropolitan Municipality. Two suspects, including the one who allegedly attacked the A Haber team, were released from detention after being referred to the courthouse (July 25).