MEDIA MONITORING DATABASE
Ban on article by website of Habertürk
RELATED PERSON OR INSTITUTION
Habertürk
CITY
İstanbul
YEAR OF INTERFERENCE
2018
LAST UPDATED
08/05/2019
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
Third-Party Interference

Haberturk website banned on the article mentioning that President Erdoğan sent Presidential Spokesman Ibrahim Kalın and Chief of General Staff Hulusi Akar to persuade the former President Abdullah Gül in order not to be a candidate for the Presidental Election. The news article was banned later (27 April 2018)