MEDIA MONITORING DATABASE
Access block order to the news in the online version of Cumhuriyet daily
RELATED PERSON OR INSTITUTION
Cumhuriyet Newspaper
YEAR OF INTERFERENCE
2020
LAST UPDATED
11/02/2020
TYPE OF STATEMENT
Political
MEDIUM
Internet
Internet News Portal
RIGHTS GUARANTEED UNDER THE RIGHT OF FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION
Right to Impart Information and Ideas
TYPE OF INTERFERENCE
Judicial Interference
Criminal Peace Judgeships
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

The 6th Criminal Peace Judgeship of Istanbul Anatolia issued an access block order for the news entitled “Saray’a kriz yok: Emine Erdoğan, 50 bin dolarlık çantasıyla Japonya’da [No crises for the Place: Emine Erdoğan in Japan with her 50 thousand dollar bag]” published on June 27, 2019  in the online news portal of Cumhuriyet newspaper (11 February).