MEDIA MONITORING DATABASE
Police raid on Home of Journalist Abdurrahman Gök
RELATED PERSON OR INSTITUTION
Abdurrahman Gök
CITY
Diyarbakır
YEAR OF INTERFERENCE
2017
LAST UPDATED
09/06/2019
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
Other

Police have raided the home of Dihaber editor Abdurrahman Gök, who had photographed the moment of shooting of university student Kemal Kurkut by police during Newroz celeberations in Diyarbakır on March 21 (20 April)

Gök was granted Metin Göktepe Journalism Awards – Special Jury’s Prize with the aforementioned photo.