MEDIA MONITORING DATABASE
Access block to news on allegations about AKP’s İstanbul Metropolitan Municipal Council member, lawyer Ömer Faruk – Gazete Duvar
RELATED PERSON OR INSTITUTION
Gazete Duvar
CITY
İstanbul
YEAR OF INTERFERENCE
2021
LAST UPDATED
28/09/2021
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 Anadolu 1st Criminal Judgeship of Peace has imposed on access block on the news which alleged that lawyer Ömer Faruk, an İstanbul Metropolitan Municipal Council member from the Justice and Development Party (AKP) and a member of the Law Commission, got tenders from several AKP municipalities and public institutions. According to the Freedom of Expression Association, the access block no. 2021/5476, which has been imposed on the grounds of “violation of personal rights”, has affected the websites of Cumhuriyet, TELE1TV and Gazete Duvar. With the same decision, the news reports published by Cumhuriyet, Sözcü and BirGün about the allegations of corruption at AKP’s Pendik and Başakşehir Municipalities have also been blocked to access on the same grounds (September 28).