Local publisher Nafiz Koca shot in Elazığ, Turkey - Committee to Protect Journalists

Local publisher Nafiz Koca shot in Elazığ, Turkey - Committee to Protect Journalists

Istanbul, October 15, 2025—The Committee to Protect Journalists urges the Turkish authorities to investigate the armed assault on journalist Nafiz Koca and determine whether it was carried out in retaliation for his work.  Koca, chair of the Elazığ Press and Media Society and publisher of the local newspapers Günışığı and Yeni Ufuk in the eastern province of Elazığ, was shot in the leg with a shotgun on October 14 in front of the outlets’ office…