International News Safety Institute

22 August 2024  |  CPJ

Gulistan Tara

Incident

Kurdish journalist killed in Turkish drone strike in northern Iraq

Cause of death

Other non-natural

Details

Gulistan Tara, a 40-year-old Kurdish journalist from Turkey with Chatr Multimedia Production Company, was killed on August 23, 2024, when a Turkish drone strike hit her unmarked car near Goptapa village in Iraqi Kurdistan’s northeastern Sulaymaniyah province. Two Kurdish Iraqi colleagues were also in the car: Hero Bahadin was killed and Rebin Bakir was injured.

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