The Gercüş Criminal Judgeship of Peace in Batman has imposed an access block on the news alleging that Justice and Development Party (AKP)’s Gercüş Mayor Gündüz Günaydın gave the tender for cobblestones to the son of a fellow prisoner with whom he stood trial together for having allegedly drawn oil illegally from a pipeline in 2002. According to the Freedom of Expression Association, the decision no. 2021/205, which has been given on the grounds of “violation of personal rights”, has affected the websites of İleri Haber, Cumhuriyet and Evrensel newspapers (September 24).