MEDIA MONITORING DATABASE
Access block to news on Adnan Tanrıverdi’s company – Cumhuriyet Newspaper
RELATED PERSON OR INSTITUTION
Cumhuriyet Newspaper
CITY
İstanbul
YEAR OF INTERFERENCE
2021
LAST UPDATED
18/06/2021
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

On the grounds of “violation of personal rights”, the İstanbul 4th Criminal Judgeship of Peace has imposed an access block on Cumhuriyet newspaper’s news reports regarding the failure to answer the Parliamentary questions about the International Defense Consulting Construction Industry and Trade Inc. (SADAT), a military consulting company founded by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s former chief advisor and retired general Adnan Tanrıverdi (June 18).