Experts warn parents of threat Internet poses to children Zaman, 08 March 2009, ZEKİ GÜLEN. As Turkey’s urban population grows and the threats faced by children in large cities increase in number, parents have a growing tendency to keep their children near them at all times. A significant number of children these days spend much of their free time on…
Telecommunications Directorate blocks access to 1,631 sites 04 March 2009, Wednesday, ÖMER ÖRUÇ İZMIR Access to 1,631 Internet sites has been blocked by the Telecommunications Directorate since 2007. The Telecommunications Directorate (TİB) has blocked access to more than 1,600 Internet sites since 2007 as requests flooded the institution to put an end to obscenity, prostitution and sexual exploitation of children…
Turkish Website Blocking Statistics as of 01 January 2009 [Blog entry by Yaman Akdeniz] Since the Turkish Law No. 5651 on the Regulation of Publications on the Internet and Suppression of Crimes Committed by means of Such Publications came into force in November 2007, several websites were blocked by court orders and administrative blocking orders issued by the Telecommunications Communication…
Over 1,500 Web sites banned in Turkey for various reasons: “More than 1,500 Web sites are currently banned in Turkey, access to most of which was blocked following complaints by individuals over inappropriate content on these sites.” (Via Today’s Zaman, your gateway to Turkish news :: News.)
Never Mind the Ban, Turkish Leader Stars on YouTube – The Lede Blog – NYTimes.com February 2, 2009, 11:56 am Never Mind the Ban, Turkish Leader Stars on YouTube By Robert Mackey And he may ask himself, Well, how did I get here? Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the prime minister of Turkey, a country that bans YouTube, stares into a Webcam…
Turks circumvent YouTube ban – The National Newspaper Thomas Seibert, Foreign Correspondent Last Updated: January 16. 2009 9:30AM UAE / January 16. 2009 5:30AM GMT ISTANBUL // Two months ago, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Turkey’s prime minister, stunned the public by admitting that he has joined hundreds of thousands of his fellow citizens in doing something that the country’s courts say…
Since the Turkish Law No. 5651 on the Regulation of Publications on the Internet and Suppression of Crimes Committed by means of Such Publications came into force in November 2007, several websites were blocked by court orders and administrative blocking orders issued by the Telecommunications Communication Presidency (TIB). In terms of statistics, it was revealed by TIB that as of…
I am a confirmed speaker at the EU Fundamental Rights Agency’s first Fundamental Rights Conference entitled Freedom of expression, a cornerstone of democracy – listening and communicating in a diverse Europe. I will deliver a discussion paper entitled To Block or Not to Block: European Approaches to Content Regulation, and Implications for Freedom of Expression during the Working Group on…
Turkey could face charges at European court over restrictions 30 November 2008, Sunday, AYŞE KARABAT, ANKARA Internet restrictions are against European Union norms and Turkey could face charges at the European Courts for violating the freedom of expression, experts warn. Internet restrictions are against European Union norms and Turkey could face charges at the European Courts of Human Rights for…
Bianet: Adnan Oktar Gets Another Site Banned Creationist Adnan Oktar gets the internet site nacizanebilgi.com shut down on the grounds that he was insulted. He is asking for 4000 euro as an indemnity. Bia news center – İstanbul, 24-11-2008 (Erol ÖNDEROĞLU – hukuk@bianet.org) Creationist Adnan Oktar, a representative of the Science Research Foundation (BAV), is asserting mental anguish damages against…