MEDIA MONITORING DATABASE
Access block to 124 URL address covering Kocaeli Governor’s act of violence against an ex-girlfriend
RELATED PERSON OR INSTITUTION
Yeni Akit Newspaper
CITY
Kocaeli
YEAR OF INTERFERENCE
2020
LAST UPDATED
09/07/2020
TYPE OF STATEMENT
Other
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

According to the post of @engelliweb, the access to 124 URL address covering the trial on the allegations that the Governor of Kocaeli, Orhan Çiftçi physically abused his former partner in the forest, was blocked with the decision of Kocaeli 2nd Criminal Court of Peace dated July 1, 2020 and numbered 2020/2701.