MEDIA MONITORING DATABASE
Access block to news about President Erdoğan’s former lawyer
RELATED PERSON OR INSTITUTION
General
CITY
İstanbul
YEAR OF INTERFERENCE
2022
LAST UPDATED
24/11/2022
TYPE OF STATEMENT
Political
MEDIUM
Internet
Other
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
Turkish Civil Code
Art. 25

On the grounds of violation of personality rights and as per the decision dated November 24, 2022 and numbered 2022/8089, the İstanbul Anadolu 4th Criminal Judgeship of Peace ruled that 64 contents, including 57 news stories, two YouTube videos, two Ekşi Sözlük entries, two tweets and a Facebook post about President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s former lawyer Mustafa Doğan İnal should be blocked to access and deleted (November 24).