Turkey faces legal challenge over YouTube ban | World news | The Guardian Internet rights group claims restrictions on access to Google-owned sites illegally discriminate against users * Nichole Sobecki in Istanbul * guardian.co.uk, Sunday 4 July 2010 18.41 BST The Turkish president, Abdullah Gul. The Turkish president, Abdullah Gul, has spoken out against the ban. Photograph: Adem Altan/AFP/Getty Images…
English: Minister Yıldırım: YouTube or any Other Ordinary Person… – Bianet In the context of the access ban for the YouTube website, Transport Minister Yıldırım addressed YouTube officials, ‘You will be treated just the same way as the ordinary people are treated in the Turkish Republic. Erol ÖNDEROĞLU hukuk@bianet.org Ankara – BİA News Center 30 June 2010, Wednesday Transport Minister…
The Associated Press: Turkey tightens Internet control in YouTube feud By SUZAN FRASER (AP) – 25.06.2010 ANKARA, Turkey — Furious over Internet insults of the country’s beloved founder, Turkey has gone on the offensive against Google, tightening a ban on YouTube and cutting public access to a host of Google-owned sites. Turkey’s communications minister has accused the Internet giant of…
OSCE calls on Turkey to stop blocking YouTube | Reuters VIENNA, Tue Jun 22, 2010 11:14am EDT VIENNA (Reuters) – Europe’s main human rights and security body told Turkey on Tuesday to stop blocking Google’s video-sharing website YouTube and thousands of other sites banned under its internet law. The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) said the law,…
OSCE Press release – OSCE media freedom representative asks Turkey to withdraw recent Internet blocking provisions, calls for urgent reform of law OSCE media freedom representative asks Turkey to withdraw recent Internet blocking provisions, calls for urgent reform of law VIENNA, 22 June 2010 – Dunja Mijatovic, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, today urged the Turkish authorities…
gulli.com – news – Netzzensur und Gegenangriffe in der Türkei Annika_Kremer am Freitag, 18.06.2010 18:06 Uhr In der Türkei wird derzeit verstärkt das Internet zensiert. Das ist nicht nur ein Problem für die Informationsfreiheit. Zensur und die Protest- und Racheaktionen von Hackern sorgen auch dafür, dass es zahlreiche technische Probleme gibt. Die Filtermaßnahmen zielen vor allem auf den Video-Hosting-Dienst YouTube…
DoS attack stuffs Turkey’s internet censors • The Register Hackers protest net interference By Jane Fae Ozimek, 18th June 2010 15:12 GMT Access to the internet in Turkey is becoming increasingly ragged, as growing state censorship collides with retaliation by anti-censorship hackers, leading to difficulties both in viewing sites and applying key online functions. Earlier this month, The Register reported…
Free speech: Turkey versus Google | Index on Censorship 16 Jun 2010 Turkey’s Internet censorship hit the news this week when the country’s own president raised his objections to the policy on Twitter. Yaman Akdeniz explains the state’s recent struggles with Google and YouTube Access to YouTube has been blocked from Turkey since a May 2008 order by an Ankara…
Turks infuriated over ban on Google sites (SETimes.com) Turkish activists have initiated a legal challenge against the government’s controversial move to block Google services. By A Simsek for Southeast European Times — 15/06/10 Professor Yaman Akdeniz. [Photo by A.Simsek/SETimes] A move by the Turkish government to block Google services has left millions of internet users frustrated and put the country’s…
Bianet: Media Freedom Activists Bring Lawsuit against Google Ban Akdeniz from Bilgi University and Altıparmak from Ankara University will appeal to the ban of certain Google services imposed by the Telecommunication Communication Presidency. bianet.org publication coordinator Kürkçü criticized the restrictions which directly harm the work of bianet. The Turkish Journalists Association and Reporters without Borders condemned the ban. Erol Önderoğlu…