Mob boss implicates Turkish ministers in drug trafficking, assassination of journalist | Ahval SEDAT PEKER VIDEOS: Hadi, Süleyman Özışık dismissed following Soylu’s criminal complaint Bianet :: English After Interior Minister Soylu filed a criminal complaint in the wake of two videos posted by Peker, Hadi Özışık has been dismissed NEW VIDEO BY SEDAT PEKER: Peker says … Read more
Boğaziçi academics released ‘damage assessment report’ | Ahval The academics of Boğaziçi University released a report addressing problems that emerged following… In other news: The rise and fall of Clubhouse in Turkey Global Voices Online by Arzu Geybullayeva After a brief period of popularity among opposition activists, pro-Erdoğan figures have now flooded the app Screenshot from the website … Read more
I have recently read The Red Web. It is a sad story of how Putin gradually controlled internet communications within Russia. The gradual process reminded what we have encountered back in Turkey. In Turkish autocrats’ discourse, Turkey aims to create a China-like situation but I believe more and more that they had just followed Putin’s … Read more
Facebook and Google already caved into Turkey’s arbitrary and increasingly repressive internet legislation. I was not expecting Twitter to do that as it doesn’t seem to profit as much as Google and Facebook do. However, Twitter remains to be one of the few open channels for many of us and so by this move Turkey … Read more
Swedish journalists call for immediate release of jailed Turkish writer | Ahval Seventeen Swedish Journalists, including the presidents of major press institutions urged Turkey Only one out of every 10 software developers are women in Turkey Bianet :: English A recent report has shown that while 88.2 percent of people working in Turkey’s software industry are men, … Read more
Twitter, Pinterest face ad ban in Turkey under new social media law Al-Monitor Twitter, Pinterest face ad ban in Turkey under new social media law Al-Monitor Erkan Saka, an associate professor of journalism and media studies at Istanbul Bilgi University, said Facebook’s decision was likely made to protect its “relatively good” advertisement revenue in Turkey. “This all … Read more
YouTube and TikTok Put Human Rights In Jeopardy in Turkey EFF.org Updates by Katitza Rodriguez Summary container all summary markers are relative to this container: do not change the id (3) Democracy in Turkey is in a deep crisis. Its ruling party, led by Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, systematically silences marginalized voices, shuts down dissident TV channels, … Read more
CPJ: Turkey is the second worst jailer of journalists after China Bianet :: English According to the 2020 report of the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), at least 274 journalists were in jail in relation to their work across the world on December 1, 2020, exceeding the high of 272 in 2016. Over 9,500 convicted of insulting … Read more
An author committed suicide last night after his harassing messages were revealed. Some publishers stopped working with several authors who were accused of harassment… ‘Me too’ movement in Turkey’s literature: ‘May they lose sleep’ Bianet :: English After women exposed the harassment of writer Hasan Ali Toptaş, women have started compiling lists of “male … Read more
IPI report: Turkey’s social media law, regulatory bodies threaten free public debates Bianet :: English “The government is determined to use all available tools to suppress criticism whether on broadcasters, in print and online,” says IPI Head of Europe Advocacy Oliver Money-Kyrle. How The New York Times prepared for the ultimate stress test — the 2020 election … Read more
If another country did that I would be less suspicious, but current Turkish government has been using fines as a political pressure tool for ages now… Turkey fines Google $25.6 mln for breaching competition law Hurriyet Daily News Turkish authorities have fined Google on Nov. 13 196.7 million Turkish liras ($25.6 million) for breaching the country’s … Read more
I am surprised that even Tiktok did not comply with the new law. Let’s see what happens next… Turkey fines Facebook, others over new social media law Turkey on Nov. 4 fined Facebook, Twitter and three other social media companies for failing to appoint a country representative under a controversial law which came into force … Read more
Powerful & heartbreaking responses from a country devastated from 20 years of AKP rule. Responses highlight the many recent tragedies that have happened – political violence, femicide, workplace accidents caused by negligence & corruption, environmental/cultural destruction. https://t.co/EurlXzVW75 — Nick Ashdown (@Nick_Ashdown) October 21, 2020 Reactions against AKP’s ‘Who are you?’ video: ‘We are the … Read more
Turkey Freedom House Internet freedom declined this year in Turkey after the government temporarily blocked social media platforms, leaving people living in the south of the country without access to essential services and tools. President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s The Pandemic’s Digital Shadow Freedom House The coronavirus pandemic is accelerating a dramatic decline in global … Read more
Facebook surprised many of us by deciding not to appoint a representative in Turkey. It had its quite reasonable reasons. They do not want to escalate tension with the Turkish government but they had no choice. In the meantime, I heard some admins in Turkey’s Google businesses do not take the law seriously and due … Read more