MEDIA MONITORING DATABASE
Access block to news on access blocks – Freedom of Expression Association
RELATED PERSON OR INSTITUTION
Freedom of Expression Association
CITY
İstanbul
YEAR OF INTERFERENCE
2022
LAST UPDATED
05/10/2022
TYPE OF STATEMENT
Political
MEDIUM
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, two pages published on the website of the Freedom of Expression Association on January 6, 2021 and April 28, 2021 faced an access block and a ruling of removal by the İstanbul Anadolu 4th Criminal Judgeship of Peace’s decision dated October 5, 2022 and numbered 2022/6831 (October 5).