MEDIA MONITORING DATABASE
publication and broadcast ban on the news regarding the military helicopter crash
RELATED PERSON OR INSTITUTION
All media
CITY
İstanbul
YEAR OF INTERFERENCE
2019
LAST UPDATED
01/12/2019
TYPE OF STATEMENT
Political
RIGHTS GUARANTEED UNDER THE RIGHT OF FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION
Right to Impart Information and Ideas
TYPE OF INTERFERENCE
Judicial Interference
Criminal Peace Judgeships
Other
THE LEGAL GROUNDS FOR INTERFERENCE
Press Law

Upon the request of the İstanbul Anatolian Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office, the Anatolian 3rd Penal Court of Peace has imposed a publication and broadcast ban on the news regarding the military helicopter crash causing the death of four soldiers in Çekmeköy on February 11 within the same day.

Accordingly, a publication and broadcast ban has been imposed on all types of news, interviews or the like to be aired or published on written, visual and social media about the incident and the investigation file until the investigation has been completed.