Banned Erciş Haber news website re-launched under new domain
Banned on 5 April 2019, Erciş Haber news website, which reports news in Turkey and especially Van, can be accessed on www.haberercis1.com.
www.haberercis.com was banned by Erciş Criminal Judgeship of Peace and re-launched as www.haberercis1.com.
Media and Law Studies Association (MLSA) lodged an application with the Constitutional Court on 1 July 2019 stating that the ban is a rights violation. MLSA’s application is still under consideration.
Sercan Akbaş, Erciş Haber Editor in Chief, was taken into custody on the charges of “inciting the public to hatred and hostility” on 6 April 2019 for sharing Mezopotamya Agency’s news titled “3 men battered and taken into custody in Erciş”