MEDIA MONITORING DATABASE
Access ban to news published at 2 news portal – Kronos Haber
RELATED PERSON OR INSTITUTION
Kronos Haber
CITY
İstanbul
YEAR OF INTERFERENCE
2019
LAST UPDATED
15/11/2019
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
Law on Regulating Broadcasting (Publication) in the Internet and Fighting Against Crimes Committed by Means of Such Broadcasting
Art. 8/A

Due to the request of a lawyer whose name was not mentioned in the content, Ankara 1 Criminal Peace Judgeship ordered to ban access to news published at two news portals, Euronews and Kronos Haber, which were covering the disappearences of 4 persons that lasted several months. It was later learned that they were detained in Ankara Police Department.