MEDIA MONITORING DATABASE
Censorship on news regarding tenders given to Bilal Erdoğan’s friends
RELATED PERSON OR INSTITUTION
General
CITY
İstanbul
YEAR OF INTERFERENCE
2022
LAST UPDATED
08/12/2022
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
Judicial Interference
Criminal Peace Judgeships
Decision to block access

With the decision of the İstanbul Anadolu 6th Criminal Judgeship of Peace dated December 8, 2022 and upon the request of Bilal Erdoğan, an access block was imposed on 42 contents, including 37 news stories, regarding Bilal Erdoğan’s friends from the Kartal Anatolian Religious Vocational High School being given tenders and access blocks previously imposed on the news about the issue (December 8).