MEDIA MONITORING DATABASE
Access block to Erk Acarer’s tweets
RELATED PERSON OR INSTITUTION
Erk Acarer
CITY
Ankara
YEAR OF INTERFERENCE
2021
LAST UPDATED
01/06/2021
TYPE OF STATEMENT
Political
MEDIUM
Internet
Social Media Account
THE TITLE OF WHOSE RIGHT IS INTERFERED
Journalist
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. 9

On the grounds of “violation of personal rights”, the Ankara 8th Criminal Judgeship of Peace, with its decision no. 2021/6042, has imposed an access block on journalist Erk Acarer’s tweets revealing the links among Metro Turizm company’s owner Galip Öztürk, former Interior Minister Mehmet Ağar and Four Star General Arif Çetin (June 1).