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Harassed
June 8
Mehmet Guc, ATV, HARASSED
Sevil Erdogan, Siyah Beyaz, HARASSED
Sukran Can, Demokrasi, HARASSED
Nadire Mater, IPS, HARASSED
Atilim reporter, HARASSED
Devrimci Emek reporter, HARASSED
Mete Cubukcu, ATV, ATTACKED
Musa Agacik, Milliyet, ATTACKED
Other journalists, ATTACKED
Six reporters--Guc of the privately owned ATV; Erdogan of the mainstream daily Siyah Beyaz; Can of the pro-Kurdish newspaper Demokrasi; Mater of IPS; and two unidentified journalists, one with the leftist Atilim and the other with Devrimci Emek--were detained by police while covering a demonstration in Istanbul against poor working conditions for civil servants. Two other reporters, Cubukcu of ATV and Agacik of the mainstream daily Milliyet, were kicked and punched by police. Other journalists were also assaulted. Police dispersed the demonstrators, who had not obtained permission for the rally, and detained more than 250 people.
Early July
Fehmi Calmuk, Aksam, HARASSED
Ahmet Hamdi Takan, Interstar Television, HARASSED
Noyan Unal, Interstar Television, HARASSED
Calmuk, a political reporter for the mainstream daily Aksam; Takan, a political reporter for Interstar Television; and Unal, an Interstar cameraman, were covering parliamentary coalition negotiations when they were harassed by police. The police had been called by politicians from the Welfare and True Path parties, who were participating in the negotiations and knew that the journalists were waiting to interview them as they emerged from the talks. When the journalists showed the police their government-issued press cards, the police reportedly told them they could not tell whether their identification cards were authentic. The three were taken into custody around midnight and released a few hours later.
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