For the moment, the best English compilation can be found in Ahmet Sabancı’s blog post:
2014 started with a new bill proposal against free speech and internet freedom in Turkey. Down below, you can see what this new regulations brings if it passes. This list copied from Pirate Party Turkey?s blog post, which you can read here…………………
Alternative Informatics Association today released a press bulletin and a few other sources can be found at the end here (all in Turkish).
All deputies that signed the proposed bill are from the ruling party, AKP….
Here are the enemies of Internet Freedom among Turkish deputies:
| Adı ve Soyadı | Partisi | Seçim Çevresi | ||
| Zeynep Armağan USLU | Adalet Ve Kalkınma Partisi | Şanlıurfa | İlk İmza Sahibi | |
| Erol KAYA | Adalet Ve Kalkınma Partisi | İstanbul | ||
| Tülay KAYNARCA | Adalet Ve Kalkınma Partisi | İstanbul | ||
| Mehmet METİNER | Adalet Ve Kalkınma Partisi | Adıyaman | ||
| Harun KARACA | Adalet Ve Kalkınma Partisi | İstanbul | ||
| İhsan ŞENER | Adalet Ve Kalkınma Partisi | Ordu | ||
| Gökcen ÖZDOĞAN ENÇ | Adalet Ve Kalkınma Partisi | Antalya | ||
| Feramuz ÜSTÜN | Adalet Ve Kalkınma Partisi | Gümüşhane | ||
| İsrafil KIŞLA | Adalet Ve Kalkınma Partisi | Artvin | ||
| Mustafa ŞENTOP | Adalet Ve Kalkınma Partisi | İstanbul | ||
| Tülay SELAMOĞLU | Adalet Ve Kalkınma Partisi | Ankara | ||
| Osman Aşkın BAK | Adalet Ve Kalkınma Partisi | İstanbul | ||
| Ertuğrul SOYSAL | Adalet Ve Kalkınma Partisi | Yozgat | ||
| Orhan KARASAYAR | Adalet Ve Kalkınma Partisi | Hatay | ||
| Tülin ERKAL KARA | Adalet Ve Kalkınma Partisi | Bursa | ||
| Ülker GÜZEL | Adalet Ve Kalkınma Partisi | Ankara | ||
| Nurcan DALBUDAK | Adalet Ve Kalkınma Partisi | Denizli | ||
| Ayşenur İSLAM | Adalet Ve Kalkınma Partisi | Sakarya | ||
| Ayşe TÜRKMENOĞLU | Adalet Ve Kalkınma Partisi | Konya | ||
| Gülay DALYAN | Adalet Ve Kalkınma Partisi | İstanbul | ||
| Hüseyin ÜZÜLMEZ | Adalet Ve Kalkınma Partisi | Konya | ||
| Kemalettin AYDIN | Adalet Ve Kalkınma Partisi | Gümüşhane | ||
| Öznur ÇALIK | Adalet Ve Kalkınma Partisi | Malatya | ||
| Cengiz YAVİLİOĞLU | Adalet Ve Kalkınma Partisi | Erzurum | ||
| Mustafa BALOĞLU | Adalet Ve Kalkınma Partisi | Konya | ||
| Azize Sibel GÖNÜL | Adalet Ve Kalkınma Partisi | Kocaeli | ||
| Sevde BAYAZIT KAÇAR | Adalet Ve Kalkınma Partisi | Kahramanmaraş |
Official Parliament site for the proposed bill here.
UPDATE: Turkish Pirate party statement:
Internet Censorship is on the Decline? Not a Chance!
A re-fashioned Internet Censorship Bill is about to be proposed. The question is, ARE YOU READY FOR IT?
#SansüreHayırDe (#SayNo2Censorship)In order to increase censorship and surveillance online, the Turkish government is proposing changes to the Law No 5651, otherwise known as ? Code of Publications on the Internet and Suppression of Crimes Committed by means of Such Publication .?
This does not bode well for the freedom of speech online. The proposed changes ensure that censorship will become ever more present in the future with the amendment to Law No: 5651. You can expect the following:
· New methods of blocking ?harmful? content will be implemented. Rather than censoring the entire website, these methods will target the direct URL of infringing sites………………..
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