MEDIA MONITORING DATABASE
Daily BirGün not given to prisoners – Menemen Prison
RELATED PERSON OR INSTITUTION
BirGün
CITY
İzmir
YEAR OF INTERFERENCE
2018
LAST UPDATED
07/12/2019
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 Access to Information and Ideas
TYPE OF INTERFERENCE
Interferences by the Executive Power
Penal Institutions
Obstruction of access to printed publications

Evrensel, Özgürlükçü Demokrasi, Cumhuriyet and BirGün newspapers were not permitted to be given to inmates in Menemen prison due to allegedly prasing for terrorist organisation. The High Criminal Court also upheld the decision made by the prison administration (24 January 2018)