MEDIA MONITORING DATABASE
Access block to news on allegations about former Health Ministry Undersecretary Eyüp Gümüş – Cumhuriyet Newspaper
RELATED PERSON OR INSTITUTION
Cumhuriyet Newspaper
CITY
İstanbul
YEAR OF INTERFERENCE
2021
LAST UPDATED
23/09/2021
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 has imposed an access block on the news regarding the allegations that former Health Ministry Undersecretary Eyüp Gümüş received a “healthy” report for his father with Alzheimer’s and transferred his father’s house into his own name and Minister of Health Fahrettin Koca did not give a “permission for investigation” of the complaints about Eyüp Gümüş. According to the Freedom of Expression Association, the decision, which has been imposed on the grounds of “violation of personal rights”, has affected Cumhuriyet and T24 websites (September 23).