MEDIA MONITORING DATABASE
Access block to news article on seizure of İstanbul Municipality’s non-seizable loan – KRT
RELATED PERSON OR INSTITUTION
KRT
CITY
İstanbul
YEAR OF INTERFERENCE
2020
LAST UPDATED
07/09/2020
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 Engelliweb’s post, access block order was imposed on the news articles on the seizure of a non-seizable loan received by the İstanbul Metropolitan Municipality (İMM) from abroad, published in Gerçek Gündem, KRT and SoL Haber. The access to news articles was blocked with the decision dated 20 August with the decision numbered 2020/3320 by the 1st Criminal Peace Judgeship on the grounds of violation of personal rights (7 September).