MEDIA MONITORING DATABASE
Access block to news on Taha Hülagü, the son of Kocaeli University Rector – Cumhuriyet
RELATED PERSON OR INSTITUTION
Cumhuriyet Newspaper
CITY
Kocaeli
YEAR OF INTERFERENCE
2021
LAST UPDATED
11/02/2021
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 and as per its decision 2021/900 dated February 11, 2021, the Kocaeli 1st Criminal Judgeship of Peace has imposed an access block on the news regarding Kocaeli University Rector Sadettin Hülagü’s son Taha Hülagü, who was allegedly appointed as the SEKA Museum Director of the AKP’s Kocaeli Metropolitan Municipality without an exam right after he had graduated from Kocaeli University, became a principal clerk, again without an exam, and appointed as a “civil servant” to the Presidency’s Public Diplomacy after working for a day there.