European citizens wiretapped more than Turkish citizens: “As the row continues between the government and several judges over claims that a chief public prosecutor and members of the Supreme Court of Appeals have been wiretapped for a long time as part of an ongoing probe into the clandestine organization Ergenekon, research conducted by the Ministry of Justice has revealed that…
Gov’t to expand freedom of speech, avoid hate crime loopholes: “The Justice and Development Party (AK Party) government, which introduced a democratization package over the summer to resolve Turkeys decades-long Kurdish problem, is now working on a reform package that will expand freedom of speech in Turkey and will include precautionary measures to prevent gaps that could lead to hate…
Turkey’s state Telecommunications authority asks Youtube to create Turkish version: “Turkeys telecommunications authority has reportedly asked famous video-sharing website Youtube to launch its Turkish version to be unblocked in the country.” (Via Today’s Zaman, your gateway to Turkish news :: News.)
FT.com / Media – Turkey to face European Court on YouTube ban By David O’Byrne in Istanbul Published: November 30 2009 16:57 | Last updated: November 30 2009 16:57 Turkey’s controversial censorship of the internet video sharing site YouTube is to be challenged in the European Court of Human Rights, a Turkish internet users group announced on Monday. According to…
Telephone tapping in Turkey; a measure to intimidate the judiciary?: “ The issue is tapping of telephones and other electronic communications between the citizens of Turkey. The problem reached scandal proportions with revelations that judges, prosecutors and even Turkey’s Supreme Court was being bugged. It all began in July 2005 when the Justice and Development Party (AKP) of Prime Minister…
TSK’s Web site plan not based on legal grounds, observers say: “TSK’s Web site plan not based on legal grounds, observers say 10 November 2009, Tuesday NERGİHAN ÇELEN / DİLEK HAYIRLI İSTANBUL A large number of intellectuals, jurists and academics have criticized the reasoning recently offered by the General Staff for the establishment of several Web sites by the Turkish…
New letter reveals top army brass involvement in plot Zaman, 05 November 2009, Thursday BETÜL AKKAYA DEMIRBAŞ İSTANBUL New letter reveals top army brass involvement in plot – A second letter written by an unnamed military officer has come as strong evidence of the knowledge of top army officers about a notorious plan launched by the Turkish Armed Forces (TSK)…
Response to The Register story entitled “Turkey censors Reg commentards” published on 28 October, 2009. Dear Sirs, I am the director of Cyber-Rights.Org based in the UK and its sister organisation Cyber-Rights.Org.TR based in Turkey. I am afraid the above mentioned story published on your website is completely inaccurate. Currently access to at least 6000 websites are blocked from Turkey…
Bianet: Seventh Website Ban within One Month Access has been banned to the expatriates.com website which provides information and networking services for people constantly living abroad. The decision was taken by the Telecommunication Communication Presidency for reasons of ‘administrative measures’. Erol ÖNDEROĞLU, hukuk@bianet.org Istanbul – BİA News Center 19 October 2009, Monday The website www.expatriates.com was banned under article 5651…
Turkish music industry vs Myspace, Last.fm – Hurriyet Daily News and Economic Review Monday, October 12, 2009 ÖZGÜR ÖĞRET ISTANBUL – Hürriyet Daily News Turkey is experiencing another debate over banned Web sites, but this time the matter is not pornography or insulting Turkey’s founder. The Turkish music industry is taking legal action against popular platforms for sharing music, and…