MEDIA MONITORING DATABASE
BİK cuts public ads of BirGün and Evrensel newspapers
RELATED PERSON OR INSTITUTION
Evrensel Daily
YEAR OF INTERFERENCE
2019
LAST UPDATED
29/09/2021
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

Press Advertisement Institution (BİK) fined BirGün newspaper for “not citing news sources in some news reports” and Evrensel newspaper due to “titles of news”. The public ads of the dailies were cut for 49 days in total as part of these fines. 

The BİK put its executive board decision dated 2019 in force in September 2021 and cut the public ads of BirGün for 22 days in September. 

Evrensel newspaper’s right to put public ads has been suspended since 2019 (September 28).