MEDIA MONITORING DATABASE
Access block to news on Aktif Bank – cumhuriyet.com.tr
RELATED PERSON OR INSTITUTION
Cumhuriyet Newspaper
CITY
İstanbul
YEAR OF INTERFERENCE
2020
LAST UPDATED
30/09/2020
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, on the grounds of violation of personal rights, the İstanbul Anadolu 1st Criminal Peace Judgeship has imposed a second access block on the DW Türkçe’s news report “Accusation from US banks: Aktif Bank facilitates suspicious transactions” with its order no. 2020/6052 and dated September 29, 2020. With the same order, an access block has also been imposed on the news report “Aktif Bank has also come out of the file” published on the online edition of Cumhuriyet newspaper and the news report “Berat Albayrak Detail in FinCEN Files: Money was transferred to Taliban and sexually explicit websites” published on the website of Halk TV (September 30).