MEDIA MONITORING DATABASE
Advertisement ban due to two articles on Red Crescent
RELATED PERSON OR INSTITUTION
BirGün
CITY
İstanbul
YEAR OF INTERFERENCE
2020
LAST UPDATED
22/05/2020
TYPE OF STATEMENT
Political
MEDIUM
Print Media
Newspaper
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
Interferences by the Executive Power
The Press Advertising Authority
Advertising ban

The Press Advertisement Institution (BİK) has cut the public ads of BirGün newspaper over two separate news reports about the Turkish Red Crescent.

The daily has been fined for two days over its news report “Red Crescent has conglomerated” (Kızılay holdingleşti) dated September 10, 2019, its public ads have been cut for five days over another news report entitled “Millions-worth tender goes to the fan of Menzil [religious sect]” (Milyonluk ihale Menzil hayranına) and published on September 16, 2019.