Three Arrested For Journalist Attack
The three suspects identified by their initials A.D. (26), A.A (24) and U.C. (23) were detained by the police after attacking Ozcan with wooden clubs while he walked towards his house in the Corlu township of Tekirdag.
While the cause of the attack is not known, Ozcan is an accredited journalist working for the local Devrim newspaper and the Corlu representative of the mass circulation daily Hurriyet as well as Dogan News Agency.
Ozcan was most recently responsible for a series of news reports over the past two months related to changes in the development and construction procedures of the Corlu Municipality.
The newsman was saved from his assailants by local citizens and taken to the Corlu State Hospital where he was treated for his injuries.
Turkey's Press Council condemned the attack on Erdal Ozcan with its General Secretary Gokalp Yazir referring to the assault as "crude and primitive".
Yazir said it was sad to witness such attacks on communication freedom and called for measures to be taken to prevent such occurrences in the future. (EO/II/YE)
BİA MEDIA MONITORING REPORT
The era of 'judicial control' confinement and torture in journalism
![The era of 'judicial control' confinement and torture in journalism](https://static.bianet.org/list-haber/2024/05/02/the-era-of-judicial-control-confinement-and-torture-in-journalism.webp)
BİA MEDIA MONITORING / JULY-AUGUST-SEPTEMBER 2023
Desire to silence journalists to conceal crimes
![Desire to silence journalists to conceal crimes](https://static.bianet.org/list-haber/2023/10/04/desire-to-silence-journalists-to-conceal-crimes.jpg)
BİA MEDIA MONITORING / APRIL-MAY-JUNE 2023
Pressure on journalists increases following the elections
![Pressure on journalists increases following the elections](https://static.bianet.org/system/uploads/1/articles/spot_image/000/281/362/original/basınozgurlugu.jpg)
MAY 3 WORLD PRESS FREEDOM DAY
Journalism fighting for survival before the elections
![Journalism fighting for survival before the elections](https://static.bianet.org/system/uploads/1/articles/spot_image/000/278/119/original/eng1_(12).jpg)
BİA MEDIA MONITORING REPORT 2022
Journalists shackled ahead of elections
![Journalists shackled ahead of elections](https://static.bianet.org/system/uploads/1/articles/spot_image/000/274/640/original/Ozgurbasın1.jpg)