MEDIA MONITORING DATABASE
Verbal attack on Orhan Uğuroğlu
RELATED PERSON OR INSTITUTION
Orhan Uğuroğlu
YEAR OF INTERFERENCE
2021
LAST UPDATED
12/11/2021
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
Other

Attending journalist Orhan Uğuroğlu’s program on Flash TV, Patriotic Party Chair Doğu Perinçek verbally attacked the journalist. Uğuroğlu asked his guest about the allegations of former National Intelligence Organization (MİT) executive Mehmet Eymür, who said, “Perinçek is the man of the British intelligence, he is the man of the Americans; he has men at the army and MİT”. In response to this, Perinçek said, “You are becoming an instrument to this, you cannot ask me questions like that.” After Uğuroğlu responded, “I am asking you about the allegation, I am a journalist, you insult and accuse me”, Perinçek said, “What allegation? How can you say something like that? If I say “He is from the brothel”, will that be an allegation? You are an instrument.” Further in his statement, Perinçek said, “You are an instrument of Mehmet Eymür” and left the program (November 12).