{"id":1510,"date":"2014-01-13T09:10:46","date_gmt":"2014-01-13T06:10:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/privacy.cyber-rights.org.tr\/?p=1510"},"modified":"2014-01-13T09:14:51","modified_gmt":"2014-01-13T06:14:51","slug":"financial-times-turkey-clamps-down-on-internet-as-erdogan-tightens-grip-on-power","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/privacy.cyber-rights.org.tr\/?p=1510","title":{"rendered":"Financial Times: Turkey clamps down on internet as Erdogan tightens grip on power"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ft.com\/cms\/s\/0\/af179212-7b6b-11e3-a2da-00144feabdc0.html#axzz2qFvP1Ytg\">Financial Times: Turkey clamps down on internet as Erdogan tightens grip on power<\/a><\/p>\n<p>January 12, 2014 4:27 pm,\u00a0<span>By Daniel Dombey in Istanbul<\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"overflow: hidden; color: #000000; background-color: #ffffff; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;\">Turkey is seeking to increase control over internet access at a time when the government is also tightening its grip on the country\u2019s legal institutions in response to a corruption scandal.<\/div>\n<p>A legislative proposal put forward by the ruling AK party would give the transport and communication minister the power to block websites deemed to infringe privacy, as well as compelling internet service providers to retain information of their customers\u2019 movements on the net.<\/p>\n<div class=\"insideArticleShare\">The measure, attached to an omnibus bill, increasing its chances of passage, would also require ISPs to restrict access to proxy sites, which can allow users to circumvent censorship.<\/div>\n<div class=\"insideArticleShare\">\n<p>But some critics have alleged that the legislative initiative is part of a general trend in which the government of Recep Tayyip Erdogan, prime minister, is concentrating more power in the wake of a corruption investigation that has targeted a host of figures connected to the government, including four former ministers and Mr Erdogan\u2019s own son, Bilal.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese are politically motivated measures to curb the free flow of information on the internet even further in Turkey,\u201d said Yaman Akdeniz, a law professor at Istanbul\u2019s Bilgi University. \u201cLooking at the current political climate, it is primarily for controlling the leaking of videos and WikiLeaks kind of documents.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ft.com\/cms\/s\/0\/af179212-7b6b-11e3-a2da-00144feabdc0.html#axzz2qFvP1Ytg\"><span>Read the full article here<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Financial Times: Turkey clamps down on internet as Erdogan tightens grip on power January 12, 2014 4:27 pm,\u00a0By Daniel Dombey in Istanbul Turkey is seeking to increase control over internet access at a time when the government is also tightening its grip on the country\u2019s legal institutions in response to a corruption scandal. 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