MEDIA MONITORING DATABASE
Access block to news on public tenders won by the company where Gaziantep Şahinbey District Mayor’s son-in-law is an executive board member – Cumhuriyet newspaper
RELATED PERSON OR INSTITUTION
Cumhuriyet Newspaper
CITY
Gaziantep
YEAR OF INTERFERENCE
2021
LAST UPDATED
22/10/2021
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 Gaziantep 3rd Criminal Judgeship of Peace, with its decision no. 2021/10370 dated October 22, 2021, imposed an access block on the news regarding the public tenders won by the company where the Gaziantep Şahinbey District Mayor’s son-in-law is an executive board member. The related block, imposed on the grounds of “violating personal rights, has affected cumhuriyet.com.tr, t24.com.tr and tele1.com.te news portals (October 22).