MEDIA MONITORING DATABASE
ZDF correspondent was not allowed to participate in the EU-Turkey High-Level Economic Dialogue meeting
RELATED PERSON OR INSTITUTION
ZDF
YEAR OF INTERFERENCE
2019
LAST UPDATED
01/12/2019
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 Access to Information and Ideas
TYPE OF INTERFERENCE
Interferences by the Executive Power
Executive and Administration
Other

Some European journalists were barred from taking part in a press conference held in Istanbul in February 2019 since their accreditations were not extended although they have had applied well before to do so. The correspondents from ZDF, Tagesspiegel ve ARD Radio were among them. Turkish Finance and Treasury Minister Berat Albayrak said “Every state has its own rules. Those who have had their accreditations renewed are here and can ask questions freely.”