MEDIA MONITORING DATABASE
BİK cuts public ads of BirGün newspaper
RELATED PERSON OR INSTITUTION
BirGün
CITY
İstanbul
YEAR OF INTERFERENCE
2021
LAST UPDATED
12/01/2021
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

The Press Advertising Authority (BİK) has fined BirGün newspaper by cutting its public ads for three days over a news report titled “RTÜK recognizes no law or Constitutional Court verdict: Extra payment of 450 thousand lira” (January 12).