MEDIA MONITORING DATABASE
Access block to news of “Release by pulling strings” – Deutsche Welle
RELATED PERSON OR INSTITUTION
Deutsche Welle Türkçe
YEAR OF INTERFERENCE
2021
LAST UPDATED
31/05/2021
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
Art. 9

The İstanbul 10th Criminal Judgeship of Peace and the Ankara 7th Criminal Judgeship of Peace, with their decisions on May 27 and May 31 and on the grounds of “violation of personal rights”, imposed access blocks on the news about the release of entrepreneur Doğan Çelik, who was arrested in August 2020, by the Penal Judgeship of Peace at a time when the prosecutor of the investigation was on leave. The news published by Oda TV and Deutsche Welle have been blocked to access (May 31).