Access block on two news articles by Soner Yalçın

RELATED PERSON OR INSTITUTION

Soner Yalçın

CITY

Ankara

YEAR OF INTERFERENCE

2017

LAST UPDATED

07/06/2019

TYPE OF STATEMENT

Political

MEDIUM

Print Media

Newspaper

THE TITLE OF WHOSE RIGHT IS INTERFERED

Journalist

RIGHTS GUARANTEED UNDER THE RIGHT OF FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION

Right to Impart Information and Ideas

TYPE OF INTERFERENCE

Interferences by the Executive Power

BTK (The Information and Communication Technologies Authority)

Decision to block access

THE LEGAL GROUNDS FOR INTERFERENCE

Law on Regulating Broadcasting (Publication) in the Internet and Fighting Against Crimes Committed by Means of Such Broadcasting

Art. 9

On August 4, 2017, the 2nd Peace and Criminal Judgeship of Ankara ordered access block on two news articles, entitled “Artçı (aftershock)” ve “Beş taş oynuyorlar (They are playing jacks)” written by Sözcü columnist Soner Yalçın in response to Türkiye newspaper Ankara representative Nuri Elibol’s article titled as “15 Temmuz’u ulusalcılar yaptı (15 Temmuz was designed by nationalists)”