Access block to news on cartoons about the President

RELATED PERSON OR INSTITUTION

diken.com.tr

CITY

İstanbul

YEAR OF INTERFERENCE

2022

LAST UPDATED

18/08/2022

TYPE OF STATEMENT

Political

MEDIUM

Internet

Internet News Portal

THE TITLE OF WHOSE RIGHT IS INTERFERED

Media Outlet

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 İstanbul 1st Criminal Judgeship of Peace imposed an access block on 10 news reports about AKP Chair and President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and ruled for their deletion on the grounds of “violation of personality rights”.

Of the pieces of content ordered to be deleted, five were the news about the cartoons of Brazilian cartoonist Carlos Latuff (August 18).