MEDIA MONITORING DATABASE
Access to 69 X accounts blocked upon the gendarmerie’s request – Öznur Değer
RELATED PERSON OR INSTITUTION
Öznur Değer
CITY
Gümüşhane
YEAR OF INTERFERENCE
2024
LAST UPDATED
27/08/2024
TYPE OF STATEMENT
Political
MEDIUM
Internet
Social Media Account
THE TITLE OF WHOSE RIGHT IS INTERFERED
Journalist
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. 8/A

Gümüşhane Criminal Judgeship of Peace imposed an access ban on 69 X accounts including journalists Amberin Zaman, Deniz Tekin, Öznur Değer and Berçem Mordeniz and Yeni Yaşam newspaper at the request Gümüşhane Provincial Gendarmerie Command.
Gümüşhane Criminal Judgeship of Peace issued a decision to “remove the content and block access to the URL addresses” of the accounts on the grounds of “preventing the commission of crimes, protecting the right to life and the security of life and property, protecting national security and public order.”