MEDIA MONITORING DATABASE
Access block order on Gazete Şûjin
RELATED PERSON OR INSTITUTION
Gazete Şûjin
YEAR OF INTERFERENCE
2017
LAST UPDATED
13/05/2019
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
Interferences by the Executive Power
BTK (The Information and Communication Technologies Authority)
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

Information Technologies and Communications Authority (BTK), in the scope of the “administrative control measures”, has blocked access to the website of Gazete Şûjin reporting in six languages including the three dialects of Kurdish, Turkish and English.