Turkuvaz Medya places Medyaradar under blockade: Access ban continues

A content removal order was issued for an article in the column titled "Ekran Kedisi" (Screen Cat), which claimed that "resignations were occurring at the Turkuaz Medya group due to insufficient salaries."

However, the decision in question was not communicated to Medyaradar, its managers, or its service providers.

Following the failure to serve the order, Turkuaz Medya applied to the Criminal Court of Peace this time for the closure of the site because the content had not been removed.

While the fact that the site has been closed since July has drawn reactions, the continuation of this uncertainty is also being criticized by many segments.

"IT IS POLITICAL CENSORSHIP"

Journalist and 12punto.com.tr columnist Faruk Bildirici addressed the current situation of the Medyaradar site, which has been closed since July, in his column dated September 9, and described how dangerous the situation is with the following words;

As journalists, all we were missing in this era of government was seeing a media organization have a news site shut down, and now we have seen that too. Turkuvaz Medya Group has had the Medyaradar site shut down.

First, they obtained an access ban order for a report titled "Turkuvaz Medya Group's YouTube channels were hacked." Yet, this news had been published on many other sites as well. But Turkuvaz Medya, headed by President Erdoğan's son-in-law Berat Albayrak, targeted only Medyaradar.

They obtained a decision to shut down the site on the accusation that Medyaradar did not implement the court order despite removing the news from access. After that, the judiciary became a wall; all of Medyaradar's attempts remained fruitless, and the site has been officially closed since July 30.

What is gratifying is that Turkuvaz Medya, which has the "king's" judiciary behind it, could not force Medyaradar to take a step back. They made a statement saying, "We will continue to do 'just journalism' until people are saved from this plundering order that grinds them to dust. We will not use the power of the government to hit other media outlets below the belt," and they are continuing their broadcast by removing the 'www' from their link address.

What is sad is that even the opposition media is not sufficiently supporting Medyaradar or making its voice heard. Yet, this is a case of a media group that is an extension of the government trying to destroy a news site simply because of its publications. This is a situation directly related to media freedom.

Relying on government power to shut down a site, not even settling for an access ban, is political censorship. It is understood that those who manage Turkuvaz Medya have that much interest in journalism.

News Source: 12punto