DW: Erdogan pushing Internet censorship forward  10 January, 2014 The Turkish government plans to further tighten its firm grip on the Internet by monitoring user activity and blocking sites for “privacy violations.” Activists are calling this a reaction to anti-government protests.   Turkey’s Family and Social Policy Ministry submitted a bill to parliament this week that would allow authorities to block…

Financial Times: Turkey clamps down on internet as Erdogan tightens grip on power January 12, 2014 4:27 pm, By Daniel Dombey in Istanbul Turkey is seeking to increase control over internet access at a time when the government is also tightening its grip on the country’s legal institutions in response to a corruption scandal. A legislative proposal put forward by the…