MEDIA MONITORING DATABASE
Access ban on news on male violence in Kırşehir – Diken
RELATED PERSON OR INSTITUTION
diken.com.tr
CITY
Kırşehir
LAST UPDATED
25/12/2023
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. 24

Elazığ 2nd Criminal Judicature of Peace imposed an access ban on news reports on the killing and subsequent suicide of a special operations police officer in Kırşehir by his wife, a colleague who was going through a divorce, on the grounds of “violation of personal rights” (TMK Art. 24). According to İFÖD, Artı Gerçek, Diken and Sözcü websites were also mentioned in the decision numbered 2023/5825 (December 25).