MEDIA MONITORING DATABASE
Access block to news on access block to news on tender for construction on TMSF land won by Bilal Erdoğan’s friend – Halk TV
RELATED PERSON OR INSTITUTION
Halk TV
CITY
İstanbul
YEAR OF INTERFERENCE
2021
LAST UPDATED
24/09/2021
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

The İstanbul 7th Criminal Judgeship of Peace has imposed an access block on the news regarding an access block dated December 31, 2020 on the news regarding an access block imposed on September 2, 2020 on the news regarding an access block imposed on August 11, 2020 on the news alleging that the tender for a construction to be undertaken in the land of the Saving Deposit Insurance Fund (TMSF) was given to a friend of Bilal Erdoğan. According to the Freedom of Expression Association, the decision, which has been given on the grounds of “violations of personal rights” has affected the news published by Cumhuriyet, Halk TV and Diken news websites (September 24).