Reporter prevented from filming minister in fire-hit town

Still image from BirGün's video showing the minister.

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A reporter for daily BirGün was prevented from filming Minister of Environment and Urbanization Murat Kurum while he was talking to locals in the fire-hit province of Muğla.

While reporter Sarya Toprak was filming the minister, police officers told him to turn off his camera. As he refused to do so, Minister Kurum said, "Even if you are a journalist, you can't shoot a video here,"

The reporter was later forced out of the area by police officers.

Journalists have faced obstacles while covering the wildfires that have been going on for 13 days, mostly in the country's southern and southwestern regions.

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(HA/VK)