MEDIA MONITORING DATABASE
Access block to news regarding the winning of a tender by friend of Bilal Erdoğan – İleri News portal
RELATED PERSON OR INSTITUTION
İleri Haber
CITY
İstanbul
YEAR OF INTERFERENCE
2020
LAST UPDATED
03/09/2020
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

According to the Engelliweb’s post, access block was imposed on the news published in Anka news portal, T24 and İleri haber regarding the winning of a 280 million TL tender organised by the TMSF, by a friend of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s son Bilal Erdogan, Aykut Emrah Polat from Imam Hatip high school. The access to news articles was blocked with the decision dated 2 September 2020 and numbered 2020/5273  by the 7th Criminal Peace Judgeship of İstanbul (3 September).