Index on Censorship: Fighting political internet censorship in Turkey: one site won back, 10,000 to go Fighting political internet censorship in Turkey: one site won back, 10,000 to go – 04 Mar 2011 With the enactment of Law No. 5651 in May 2007, Turkey has become the land of internet censorship, argues Dr Yaman Akdeniz In January 2010, an OSCE…
La plate-forme Blogger bloquée en Turquie – LeMonde.fr LEMONDE.FR | 04.03.11 | 11h10 • Mis à jour le 04.03.11 | 11h13 ‘Blogger, dernière victime en date d’un blocage sur Internet en Turquie’, titre Hürriyet. La justice a en effet décidé d’interdire l’accès à la plate-forme de blogs Blogger, propriété de Google, rapporte la presse, mercredi 2 mars. ‘Cette interdiction devrait…
BBC News: Blogspot banned in football row 04.03.2011 The row is over who has the right to broadcast Turkish Super League football matches. A row over who can broadcast football matches in Turkey has led to Google’s Blogger site being blocked. A court in Turkey issued the ban in response to a copyright complaint by satellite TV firm Digiturk. It…
Facebook team examining options ahead of possible Turkish ban – Hurriyet Daily News and Economic Review Monday, October 18, 2010 ISTANBUL – Hürriyet Daily News ‘Our policy guys are working on it,’ says Trevor Johnson, Facebook’s Strategic and Planning Department chair responsible for Europe, Middle East and Africa. DAILY NEWS photo, Emrah GÜREL Facebook’s policy team is working on various…
‘Children’s law’ used to censor online media in Turkey – Hurriyet Daily News and Economic Review Sunday, September 26, 2010 ERISA DAUTAJ ŞENERDEM ISTANBUL – Hürriyet Daily News Bans on websites containing a small amount of content in violation of Turkish law may be depriving people of their constitutional right to free access to information, according to a legal scholar…
Turkish protesters search for unrestricted Internet, blocked by judiciary – Hurriyet Daily News and Economic Review Sunday, July 18, 2010 ISTANBUL – Daily News with Radikal Marching for freedom of speech and the right to access information and share opinions, hundreds of protesters gather at central Istanbul’s Taksim Square to voice their opposition to recent judicial decisions that have cemented…
Hundreds gather in Taksim to protest YouTube ban: “Hundreds gather in Taksim to protest YouTube ban Hundreds of people gathered in İstanbul’s Taksim neighborhood on Saturday to protest a YouTube ban in Turkey because of video clips that allegedly insulted the founder of the Turkish Republic, Mustafa Kemal Atatürk. A person named Deniz Kaynak, who issued a press statement on…
Hurriyet Daily News: Banning websites (I) Tuesday, July 20, 2010 JOOST LAGENDIJK It was a big success, last Saturday. More than a thousand people gathered in Taksim Square to protest against restrictions on the Internet. Among the demonstrators were nongovernmental organizations calling for freedom of the Internet, representatives of Internet sites and their readers and employees of private enterprises who…
Bianet: Deputy Governor Had Website Banned A Şanlıurfa court decided to ban access to the Sanlıurfa.com website due to articles and reader comments criticizing Deputy Governor Yıdıray Malğaç. Assoc. Prof. Dr Akdeniz said the decision was a breach of the law. Erol ÖNDEROĞLU – hukuk@bianet.org şanlıurfa – BİA News Center 15 July 2010, Thursday Access to the Şanlıurfa.com internet site…
Turkish group opens court case over Google services | Reuters Mon Jun 28, 2010 10:48am EDT * Thousands of websites blocked in Turkey * Turkey asking Google for $20 million in taxes * Row sparks questions over freedom of speech By Thomas Grove ISTANBUL, June 28 (Reuters) – A Turkish Internet rights group opened a court case on Monday to…