Turkey: Court Upholds News Coverage Ban

The higher Turkish court has rejected Turkey's main opposition party's demand to lift a ban on news coverage of a pariliamentary investigation.



Ankara's 7th Magistrate Court had on Tuesday imposed a media ban on coverage of the parliamentary commission investigating former Turkish Economy Minister Zafer Caglayan, former Interior Minister Muammer Guler, former Minister for EU Affairs and Chief Negotiator Egemen Bagis and former Environment and Urban Planning Minister Erdogan Bayraktar on graft allegations.



On Thursday, the center-left Republican People's Party asked Ankara's 8th Magistrate Court to lift the ban. But the court ruled against the party's demand on Friday.



As a result, media are not allowed to cover the work of the parliamentary investigating commission until it is finished on Dec. 27. 



Some media organizations and news websites announced that they did not accept the court decision and will publish details of the commission's meetings.



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