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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Reuters updated its story – changes in bold… Turkey blocking 3,700 websites, reform needed: OSCE | Reuters Mon Jan 18, 2010 11:27am EST VIENNA (Reuters) – Europe’s main security and human rights watchdog said on Monday that Turkey was blocking some 3,700 Internet sites for ‘arbitrary and political reasons’ and urged reforms to show its commitment to freedom of expression….
Turkey’s Internet law needs to be reformed or abolished, says OSCE media freedom representative VIENNA, 18 January 2010 – Miklos Haraszti, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, today asked the Turkish authorities to bring Turkey’s internet law in line with OSCE commitments and other international standards on freedom of expression. “In its current form, Law 5651, commonly known…