MEDIA MONITORING DATABASE
Armed attack on İrfan Değirmenci’s house
RELATED PERSON OR INSTITUTION
İrfan Değirmenci
CITY
İstanbul
YEAR OF INTERFERENCE
2017
LAST UPDATED
08/05/2019
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

On April 19, 2017, the home of journalist İrfan Değirmenci, who announced that he would vote for “no” in the referendum, was targetted by gun. On Twitter, he wrote: “Fire was opened on my home towards morning. Police carried out an investigation, wrote down minutes. They are focusing on the possibility of stray bullet. I am fine, don’t worry”.