MEDIA MONITORING DATABASE
Broadcasting ban on 7 news article in hurriyet.com.tr
RELATED PERSON OR INSTITUTION
Hürriyet Daily Newspaper
CITY
İstanbul
YEAR OF INTERFERENCE
2018
LAST UPDATED
06/05/2019
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
Judicial Interference
Criminal Peace Judgeships
Decision to block access

The Criminal Judgeships of Peace blocked access to seven news articles published on hurriyet.com.tr. Among these articles, the allegation of the Fatih District National Education Director’s sexual assault on two female officers; the Emin Çölaşan piece published in 1998, on the traffic accident that killed the singer Sevim Tanürek; an arrest of a surgent for “bribe”, and the piece, entitled, “ABD en başından beri vaziyete hakimmiş” [US knew from the very beginning] about the Wikileaks documents (15 April 2018).