MEDIA MONITORING DATABASE
Access block to news on allegations that the executive of a shuttered bank is appointed as a director to Presidency of Religious Affairs – Cumhuriyet newspaper
RELATED PERSON OR INSTITUTION
Cumhuriyet Newspaper
CITY
Ankara
YEAR OF INTERFERENCE
2020
LAST UPDATED
04/11/2020
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
Art. 9

According to Engelli Web’s post, on the grounds of violation of personal rights, the Ankara 8th Criminal Judgeship of Peace has imposed an access block on the news regarding the allegations that the executive of a shuttered bank affiliated with the FETÖ [Fethullahist Terrorist Organization] has been appointed as a director to the Presidency of Religious Affairs. Accordingly, the judgeship has blocked access to the related news reports published in the online versions of Cumhuriyet and BirGün newspapers and Gerçek Gündem news website with its decision no. 2020/8264 dated November 4, 2020 (November 4).