Turkey tightens controls on Internet speech | csmonitor.com: “Turkey tightens controls on Internet speech The country’s courts and governments have banned 850 websites this year, including YouTube and Blogger. By Yigal Schleifer | Correspondent of The Christian Science Monitor from the October 30, 2008 edition” Istanbul, Turkey – For pioneering Turkish blogger Erkan Saka, these are dark days. Last week,…
Bianet: We Will Not Give In To Adnan Oktar’s Threats! Adnan Oktar, the name behind the closing of many internet sites in Turkey, threatens bianet: ‘There is an insulting article, take it off the internet or we will have you banned like Richard Dawkin’s site.’ There is no insult, so we are not taking it off! Bia news center –…
Groups say Web site bans hurt Turkey’s image Several Turkish nongovernmental organizations advocating freedom of speech and expression have stressed in a written statement that frequent Web site bans damage Turkey’s image abroad. A large number of NGOs, including the Internet Technologies Association (İTD), Turkish Informatics Association (TBD) and Whole Internet Association (TİD), released the joint statement yesterday, emphasizing that…
[Blog entry by Dr. Yaman Akdeniz] It is now been reported by a media news source that the Diyarbakir First Criminal Court of Peace has removed the blocking order it issued on 20.10.2008 (order no. 2008/2761) and executed on Friday, 24 October, 2008 with regards to Blogger.com and Blogspot. The DNS servers should be updated by end of today so…
Bianet :: Turkish Bloggers Are Furious After Youtube.com, WordPress and Googe Groups, now a well-known blog service blogger.com has been banned in Turkey. There has been no change in internet censorship. Bia news center – Diyarbakır, 27-10-2008 Erol ÖNDEROĞLU – hukuk@bianet.org The 1st Criminal Court of First Instance of Diyarbakır has banned access to the well-known blog service blogger.com. The…
Error: Court halts Internet freedom in Turkey: “Error: Court halts Internet freedom in Turkey The latest in a series of bans on popular Web sites has spurred many to question the future of Internet freedom in Turkey. Turkish Internet users trying to access the popular blog-hosting service blogspot.com get an error message saying that access to the site has been…
Blogger.com’a mahkeme engeli: “Blogger.com’a mahkeme engeli Google tarafından 2003 yılında satın alınan en popüler İnternet günlüğü (blog) servisi blogger.com, Türk Mahkemeleri tarafından engellenen büyük servislerler arasındaki yerini aldı.” NTV-MSNBC, Güncelleme: 19:34 TSİ 24 Ekim 2008 Cuma İSTANBUL – En popüler İnternet günlüğü (blog) servisi blogger.com, Türk Mahkemeleri tarafından engellenen büyük siteler kervanına katıldı. İnternet dünyasının kişiselleşmesinde büyük rolü olan ve…
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…
Turkish newspaper website blocked after creationist’s complaint | World news | guardian.co.uk Robert Tait in Istanbul, guardian.co.uk,Thursday October 16 2008 17.50 BST The website of Turkey’s third largest-selling newspaper has been blocked following a complaint by an Islamic creationist. The case will revive concerns about the country’s attitude towards internet censorship and press freedom. A court ruled that Turkish web…
Liberal Turkish paper has website blocked by authorities | TECHNOLOGY | NEWS | tvnz.co.nz Further net censorship in Turkey Oct 16, 2008 7:46 PM A Turkish newspaper said on Wednesday a court had blocked access to its website at the request of an Islamist writer, the latest Internet censorship to raise concerns about freedom of speech in EU-applicant Turkey. Last…