MEDIA MONITORING DATABASE
Attack on Melike Ceyhan
RELATED PERSON OR INSTITUTION
Melike Ceyhan
CITY
İstanbul
YEAR OF INTERFERENCE
2018
LAST UPDATED
07/06/2019
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
Physical Interference

Police attacked several reporters trying to cover a weekly silent protest, known as the Saturday Mothers, in Galatasaray Square in İstanbul on August 25 (at the 700th gathering). Özgür Deniz Kaya, a reporter for Demirören News Agency (DHA), was hit by gas pellets fired from a police gun. The correspondent for daily Cumhuriyet Canan Coşkun, independent journalist Elif Akgül, Dokuz8 editor Eda Narin, a reporter for Mezopotamya News Agency, Melike Ceylan and journalist Hayri Tunç were manhandled and prevented from doing their jobs.