MEDIA MONITORING DATABASE
Access block to news on company and its owner that had an attachment levied on İMM’s accounts – birgun.net
RELATED PERSON OR INSTITUTION
BirGün
CITY
İstanbul
YEAR OF INTERFERENCE
2021
LAST UPDATED
04/10/2021
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

According to EngelliWeb’s post, the İstanbul 3rd Criminal Judgeship of Peace, with its decision no. 2021/6154 dated October 4, 2021, imposed an access block on the news regarding the company and its owner that had an attachment levied on the accounts of İstanbul Metropolitan Municipality (İMM). The access block, imposed on the grounds of “violation of personal rights”, affected birgun.net, cumhuriyet.com.tr and diken.com.tr news portals (October 4).