MEDIA MONITORING DATABASE
Advertisement Ban to Evrensel newspaper
RELATED PERSON OR INSTITUTION
Evrensel Daily
YEAR OF INTERFERENCE
2020
LAST UPDATED
12/05/2020
TYPE OF STATEMENT
Political
MEDIUM
Print Media
Newspaper
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
THE LEGAL GROUNDS FOR INTERFERENCE
Other Laws

The Press Advertising Agency (BİK) imposed a five-day public ad ban on Evrensel daily over İhsan Çaralan’s article titled “Hükümet vatandaşına şehit olmayı vaat eder mi?” [Do states promise martyrdom to their citizens?] published on February 24, 2020 in both daily and its online edition (12 May).