MEDIA MONITORING DATABASE
Access block to Diken’s news report
RELATED PERSON OR INSTITUTION
diken.com.tr
CITY
İstanbul
YEAR OF INTERFERENCE
2023
LAST UPDATED
05/01/2023
TYPE OF STATEMENT
Political
MEDIUM
Internet
Internet News Portal
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
Judicial Interference
Criminal Peace Judgeships
Decision to block access
THE LEGAL GROUNDS FOR INTERFERENCE
Turkish Civil Code
Art. 25

With the decision of the Ankara 7th Criminal Judgeship of Peace dated January 5, 2023 and numbered 2023/178, an access block and a decision of removal was given for journalist Mehmet Baran Kılıç’s news report on Diken where he covered the allegations that a job advert for a position at the İstanbul Technical University was reviewed and published again after it was canceled because the son of Parliamentary Speaker Mustafa Şentop’s son did not qualify for the position (January 5).