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).