Court blocks access to Yeni Yaşam newspaper and Pir News Agency’s websites

Access to the websites of Yeni Yaşam newspaper and Pir News Agency, which continues to broadcast, was blocked following the decision numbered 2022/1028 taken by the Hatay 1st Criminal Court of Peace on 8 March.

Access to the website where Yeni Yaşam newspaper continues its news flow with the domain name “yeniyasamgazetesi2.com” has been blocked by the Information Technologies and Communications Authority (BTK). Access to the newspaper was blocked once before, on 28 January.

PIRHA also blocked

Access to Pir News Agency (PIRHA), which has been broadcasting since 2016, has also been blocked. The internet site of PIRHA, the first news agency belonging to the Alevi community, was also blocked by the same judge’s decision.