MEDIA MONITORING DATABASE
Access block to bianet’s news report
RELATED PERSON OR INSTITUTION
bianet
CITY
İstanbul
YEAR OF INTERFERENCE
2023
LAST UPDATED
12/01/2023
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
Turkish Civil Code
Art. 25

With its decision dated January 11, 2023, the İstanbul 9th Penal Judgeship of Peace imposed an access block on bianet’s news report titled “The opposition cannot object to military spending even where it deepens poverty” on the grounds of a “violation of personal rights”. The decision was given upon the request of SADAT, a military consulting firm which was founded by retired general Adnan Tanrıverdi, also a former advisor to President Erdoğan (January 11).