MEDIA MONITORING DATABASE
Access block to articles covering the Kingston Brothers case – birgun.net
RELATED PERSON OR INSTITUTION
BirGün
CITY
İstanbul
YEAR OF INTERFERENCE
2020
LAST UPDATED
24/07/2020
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

According to the post of Engelliweb, articles published in cumhuriyet.com.tr, birgün.net and hurriyet.com.tr, covering the Kingston Brother, who were accused of participating in a fraud scheme in the US, were blocked. It was imposed with the decision by the 2nd Criminal Peace Judgeship of Bakirkoy dated July 23, 2020 and numbered 2020/3812.