globeandmail.com: Turkish Net closures spark doubt over freedoms: “Turkish Net closures spark doubt over freedoms THOMAS GROVE, Reuters September 24, 2008 at 5:26 PM EDT ISTANBUL — A Turkish court decision to ban the website of a renowned British atheist academic has stirred fresh doubts about the European Union candidate’s commitment to freedom of speech. Approximately 850 Internet websites, including…
Turkish internet closures spark doubt over freedoms: “Turkish internet closures spark doubt over freedoms A Turkish court decision to ban the website of a renowned British atheist academic has stirred fresh doubts about the European Union candidate’s commitment to freedom of speech. Approximately 850 internet websites, including Youtube, have been blocked this year in Turkey, the number swollen by recent…
The most expensive and forbidden Internet – Turkish Daily News Sep 23, 2008: “” The most expensive and forbidden Internet, Tuesday, September 23, 2008 CENGIZ AKTAR Last year, Turkish Internet users launched a terrific campaign to protest new prices. Despite responsible authorities continuing to handle the price rise their way. We know how poor the speed and quality of Internet…
Turkish court bans Dawkins’ website Squawking over Dawkins Comment Once upon a time, it took a Pope or a Stalinist dictator like, um, Stalin to have scientific discourse banned by decree. Nowadays, however, it merely takes a large and influential publishing house, and the agreement of Turkey’s criminal court of peace.… By John Ozimek, Posted in Law, 22nd September 2008…
Evolutionist Dawkins’ Internet Site Banned In Turkey: “Turkish court has banned the access to world famous evolutionist Prof. Richard Dawkins’ internet site upon complaint by creationist Adnan Oktar on the grounds that the site contained insulting remarks about Oktar’s book ‘Atlas of Creation’.” (Via Latest Bianet/English News.)
Dailymotion Is Open, The Other Internet Sites Are Still Not: “Among the sites that were banned by the Turkish authorities, only the video sharing site dailymotion was opened. The rest are still closed, waiting for the needed court orders.” (Via Latest Bianet/English News.)
YouTube ban turns into mystery: “Turkish Internet users welcomed the news claiming that the video sharing Web site YouTube was accessible from Turkey again after a 114-day ban, only to later hear from the Telecommunications Authority that the ban had not been lifted.” (Via Today’s Zaman, your gateway to Turkish news :: News.)
More news that YouTube is back to normal in Turkey. BiaNet is also reporting that dailymotion.com is also unblocked by a Court in Turkey. I can confirm that dailymotion is now (26.08.2008 1545 GMT) is accessible in Turkey but access to youtube.com is still blocked at DNS level. YouTube Is Back: “YouTube and Dailymotion are accessible again. Youtube was closed…
FT.com / World – Turkish bloggers censure the censors: “Turkish bloggers censure the censors ByAlex Barker in Ankara and Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson in New York Published: August 22 2008 17:03 | Last updated: August 22 2008 17:03 Turkish bloggers are closing their websites to protest against courts banning dozens of mainstream sites for carrying content deemed ‘immoral’ or insulting to Turkey’s…
412 Internet Sites And Blogs Protest Internet Censorship: “The number of internet sites and blogs protesting the internet censorship in Turkey, banning of sites by court orders, has risen to 412. They darkened their pages to warn the authorities and public about the policies that make life difficult for internet publishing” (Via Latest Bianet/English News.)