Turkish journalist beaten after TV appearance
By DW
19 May 2019 |
12:43 pm
Yavuz Selim Demirag has been an outspoken critic of President Erdogan. He was set on by assailants with baseball bats in what journalists say is a sign of shrinking press freedom.
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