MEDIA MONITORING DATABASE
Access block to Deutche Welle Turkish
RELATED PERSON OR INSTITUTION
DW Türkçe
CITY
Ankara
YEAR OF INTERFERENCE
2023
LAST UPDATED
17/11/2023
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
The Law on the Establishment of Radio and Television Enterprises and Their Media Services

Deutsche Welle (DW) Turkish, which was blocked in June 2022 upon the request of the Radio and Television Supreme Council (RTÜK) on the grounds that it had not obtained a license, continued its broadcasts under the domain names “dwturkce.com” and “inspiredminds.de”, but was blocked again on November 17 upon the request of RTÜK and the decision of the Ankara 9th Criminal Judge of Peace (November 17)