MEDIA MONITORING DATABASE
Access block to news on police officers causing the death of Dilek Doğan – hurriyet.com.tr
RELATED PERSON OR INSTITUTION
Hürriyet Daily Newspaper
CITY
İstanbul
YEAR OF INTERFERENCE
2021
LAST UPDATED
23/09/2021
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, the İstanbul 10th Criminal Judgeship of Peace, with its decision no. 2021/6075 dated September 23, 2021, imposed an access block on the news regarding the police officers who caused the death of 25-year-old Dilek Doğan during a house raid. Imposed on the grounds of violation of personal rights, the access blocks affected the news published on news portals diken.com.tr, hurriyet.com.tr and sendika.org (September 23).