MEDIA MONITORING DATABASE
Access block to articles of journalist Ali Kıdık at airporthaber.com
RELATED PERSON OR INSTITUTION
Ali Kıdık
CITY
Ankara
YEAR OF INTERFERENCE
2014
LAST UPDATED
14/05/2019
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
Law on Regulating Broadcasting (Publication) in the Internet and Fighting Against Crimes Committed by Means of Such Broadcasting
Art. 9

In 2014, the Ankara 5th Peace Criminal Judgeship issued access ban to five news articles criticizing the chair of Turkish Airlines for employing his relatives and running the company into debt.

Upon the rejections to the objections filed against access block order, journalist Ali kıdık lodged an application to the Constitutional Court. On 26 October 2017, the court found a violation of the freedom of expression of journalist Ali Kıdık and decided 2000 Turkish Liras to be paid to him for the case costs.