MEDIA MONITORING DATABASE
Access block to news on hotel allegedly built on burned forest area in Bodrum – birgun.net
RELATED PERSON OR INSTITUTION
BirGün
CITY
Muğla
YEAR OF INTERFERENCE
2021
LAST UPDATED
06/09/2021
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, on the grounds of violation of personal rights, the Milas Criminal Judgeship or Peace, with its decisions no. 2021/1316 and 2021/1317 dated September 6, 2021, imposed an access block on the news regarding the evacuation of a hotel allegedly built on a burned forest area in Muğla’s Bodrum due to a forest fire. The online editions of Sözcü and BirGün newspapers were among the websites affected by the access block (September 6).