MEDIA MONITORING DATABASE
Police violence against Pirha journalist Melis Ciddioğlu
RELATED PERSON OR INSTITUTION
Melis Ciddioğlu
CITY
Ankara
YEAR OF INTERFERENCE
2022
LAST UPDATED
26/07/2022
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

Women from the Confederation of Public Employees Trade Unions (KESK) who wanted to protest the Council of State’s ruling on the withdrawal from the İstanbul Convention in Ankara were prevented by the police. Police officers intervened in the protest and inflicted violence on women and journalists. Pirha journalist Melis Ciddioğlu was battered.

Artı TV camera operator Kadir Devir and Mezopotamya Agency (MA) reporter Emel Vural were also subjected to physical attack (July 26).