Facebook rejects Turkey’s new obligation to appoint representatives ‘in major blow to gov’t’ Social media giant Facebook has rejected Turkey’s new obligation to appoint representatives to the country in what an expert said “a major blow to the government.” Cyber rights activist Yaman Akdeniz announced the company’s decision from his Twitter account, as he also … Read more
Tighter control over social media, massive use of cyber-censorship | Reporters without borders Bienvenue sur le site de Reporter sans frontières | RSF – Oct 1, 12:53 AM All social media including Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, TikTok and YouTube will be impacted by the amendment to the law on Internet crimes that comes into effect today. Passed … Read more
Broadcast ban placed on reports about arrest of Turkish Islamic cult leader charged with sexual harassment Duvar English Turkish Islamist cult leader arrested over charges of sexual assaulting 12-year-old girl A broadcast ban has been imposed by prosecutors on news reports concerning the arrest of Eyüp Fatih Şağban, the leader of the Uşşaki Islamic cult who … Read more
Can Okar reported that three Twitter accounts that had huge followings are actually fictional. They pretend to have the expertise and they claim to have formal credentials but it all seems wrong: https://twitter.com/inebahti/status/1300173264392773634 https://twitter.com/inebahti/status/1300173264392773634?s=03 Literally this morning I was searching for info about this mysterious Paola v Eulenburg because the account seemed super fake. … Read more
Created by the veteran journalist Ruşen Çakır, Medyascope TV is making a difference in Turkey’s media scene. It is more effective through its Youtube channel. Its 5th year celebration text in Turkish here.
All my media appearances here Turkish courts play whack-a-mole with independent news outlets By Özgür Öğret on August 13, 2020 1:28 PM EDT In March, 2020, Turkey’s Constitutional Court issued an unexpected decision, overruling a local court that blocked a news website in 2015, according to news reports. But the editor who filed the appeal with the court … Read more
My all media appearances can be found here. Media in Turkey: a testing site of censorship and control Lastest news – Osservatorio Balcani e Ca… Turkey is currently the largest prison for journalists in the world, with over 80 media workers in detention. As if that were not enough, the Turkish parliament has just passed a … Read more
Osman Kavala Should be Released United States Department of State – Jul 27 As of this week, Turkish philanthropist and civil society leader Osman Kavala has spent 1,000 days in detention without being convicted of any crime. The United States underscores the importance of respecting international obligations and Statement by Osman Kavala who is imprisoned for 1.000 … Read more
He is probably pissed of with his recent Youtube performance but also some insults received yesterday related to his newly born grandson. In the last analysis, this is yet another diversion technique. He likes to do that. Otherwise, his reign is already squeezing citizens out of breath in the social media platforms… On June 26 … Read more
I was busy with some other stuff and I could not post this on time. Nowadays AKP leadership decided that they may be losing popularity and they are trying to reach out to the younger generations. Erdoğan had a live Youtube session just before the national university entrance examination, whose date has been changed several … Read more
It probably helped to detect some political trolls easier… Ruling AKP ends ‘green dot’ social media campaign 40 days after initiating it Duvar English by Didem Atakan The ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) has announced that it ended the “green dot” social media movement only 40 days after initiating it. “The ‘Ethical Awareness’ work … Read more
The website of the project named “Documentation and Promotion of the Syriac Intangible Heritage in Mardin Region” is now online. Funded by the US Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservation (AFCP), the project’s main purpose is safeguarding the intangible values through the documentation and dissemination of the information on the cultural practices of the Syriac community in the … Read more
Erkan Saka, a communications professor at Istanbul Bilgi University, said troll discourse was mostly produced by AKP-related columnists and the country’s politicians and bureaucrats. “Bots help in disseminating the discourse but they are not particularly efficient,” he told Arab News. “In that sense, I find this move better than nothing, but too late and not … Read more
Grand Censorship Attempt Targeting Social Media in Turkey dokuz8HABERi by Gürkan Özturan / A package bill expected to be dsicussed at the Parliament soon contains serious censorship threats targeting social media and free expression in Turkey. While the governing alliance has been drafting a package bill to address needs of the society in the days of … Read more
Turkish police use tear gas in Istanbul to disperse Women’s Day crowd Reuters – Emin Caliskan – Mar 8, 11:19 AM ISTANBULISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkish police used tear gas to disperse a few dozen women who were still in central Istanbul after trying to march on Sunday evening to celebrate International Women’s Day. Reuters reporters saw … Read more