MEDIA MONITORING DATABASE
“Additional indicator” fine on birgun.net by Press Advertisement Institution
RELATED PERSON OR INSTITUTION
BirGün
CITY
İstanbul
YEAR OF INTERFERENCE
2022
LAST UPDATED
18/07/2022
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
Interferences by the Executive Power
The Press Advertising Authority
Advertising ban

Upon a complaint about a news report regarding Dokuz Eylül University, the Press Advertisement Institution (BİK) fined birgun.net by cutting its right to an additional indicator for 7 days. The decision was announced on July 18, 2022 and it had been handed down as per the Press Ethics Principles no. 129.

The fine was imposed on the grounds of the following remarks in the news report “Dokuz Eylül is collapsing” dated July 30, 2021: “Dokuz Eylül University, a long-established university in Turkey, has been hitting the headlines in recent years due to the pressure on academics and students rather that its achievements in education and research. The surveys conducted by the University Research Laboratory (ÜniAr) document this change as well. Ranked among the highest quality universities in the Aegean Region and Turkey for years, the DEÜ has been the subject of news in the last 3 years with nothing to do with academic life. Administered by Prof. Nükhet Hotar, an AKP Vice Chair for 14 years and an MP for four terms, since 2018, the DEÜ has been collapsing” (July 18).