Turkish 4th most widely used language in web content across globe: Report Hurriyet Daily News We Are Social, the world’s largest and most awarded social media agency, has made its social media and internet report for 2021 public, which showed that Turkish topped “the common languages used for website content” list. Link to the report
Turkey’s plans for new social media restrictions threaten five years in prison for spreading fake news Al-Monitor … moment it’s quite ambiguous, but I think its mission is to intimidate social media users,” said Erkan Saka, head of media at Istanbul Bilgi University. Report: Turkey to establish a ‘social media regulator’ to prevent ‘terror of lies’ Bianet … Read more
Apple removes Hornet queer social network app from AppStore Turkey Bianet :: English Apple has removed the Hornet queer social network from AppStore Turkey “upon a court ruling.” Hornet has announced that it is trying to solve the problem in talks with the courts in Turkey and Apple. In other news: Why Turkey’s Regulators Became Such … Read more
Turkey’s labourers take to TikTok to show millions their harsh work conditions – video World news: Turkey Workers in Turkish factories, construction sites and fields have become the unlikely stars of TikTok, revealing harsh and dangerous conditions in posts with millions of views. Turkey, ranked among the ’10 worst countries in the world for workers’, is … Read more
Turkey records highest number of inmates, detainees in Europe in 2020 – CoE | A total of 984 out of every 100,000, or 0.98 percent, of Turkey’s population were either in prison Report: Turkey among top three countries in violence towards women journalists in May Bianet :: English The Coalition For Women In Journalism has released its monthly … Read more
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