MEDIA MONITORING DATABASE
Access block to the news regarding Mustafa Aysan Öztaylan’s testimony – Sözcü Newspaper
RELATED PERSON OR INSTITUTION
Sözcü Daily Newspaper
YEAR OF INTERFERENCE
2021
LAST UPDATED
22/04/2021
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, the Bandırma Criminal Judgeship of Peace, with its decision no. 2021/1275 dated April 22, 2021, imposed an access block on the news reports published by Sözcü, Odatv and Hürriyet Daily News regarding the incident where Mustafa Aysan Öztaylan, the son of former AKP MP Mehmet Cemal Öztaylan, testified because 500 gram marijuana was found in a shoe box sent to him by bus from Mardin in 2014.