MEDIA MONITORING DATABASE
Police attack against ANKA reporter Tamer Arda Erşin
RELATED PERSON OR INSTITUTION
Tamer Arda Erşin
CITY
Ankara
YEAR OF INTERFERENCE
2021
LAST UPDATED
10/10/2021
TYPE OF STATEMENT
Political
MEDIUM
Internet
News Agency
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
Threat or Harassment

On the anniversary of the October 10 Ankara Massacre, ANKA news agency reporter Tamer Arda Erşin was threatened by the police while he was covering the commemoration to be held in front of the Ankara Main Train Station, where the attack happened. Erşin said that he was subjected to the insults and swears of police officers (October 10).