Official: Turkey brings elections forward to May 14, Erdoğan announces Turkey will hold the presidential and parliamentary elections on May 14, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has announced. A presidential decree concerning the decision will be published in the Official Gazette tomorrow, the president said at a press conference in Ankara, the capital. 36 parties qualify … Read more
Türkiye sentences a journalist under ‘disinformation law’ for first time Bianet :: English Aygül (m) reading out a statement outside of the courthouse. Journalist Sinan Ayül has been sentenced to 10 months in prison for “spreading disinformation,” becoming the first journalist to be sentenced under the “disinformation law” enacted in October. ☑ #Turkey's new disinformation … Read more
Nation Alliance unveils comprehensive gov’t program with 2,000 specific objectives The six-party Nation Alliance has unveiled its ambitious and comprehensive government program covering nine major areas, 75 subtitles with more than 2,000 targets to overhaul the governance system, economic policies, foreign policy, education and social policies for placing Türkiye into the league of high-income countries … Read more
So, the prosecutor wants to ban the Mayor of Istanbul from politics for "insulting the judiciary" (complaining that the first election he won was cancelled and he had to win all over again). https://t.co/qRx50bDbRX — Ankaralı Jan (@06JAnk) December 14, 2022 In another milestone for Turkey’s advanced democracy, Ekrem Imamoglu, the opposition mayor of … Read more
‘A Look At the 20 Years of Media Freedom’ report published Bianet :: English Assoc. Prof. Ulaş Karan has written an evaluation report titled “A Look At the 20 Years of Media Freedom” regarding the Media Monitoring Reports published by bianet/IPS Communication Foundation. The English version of the report has been published. Click to read … Read more
After a prolonged campaign against Ms. Fincancı, she was arrested. Yes, her rhetoric may not be acceptable to many, but she did not deserve to be arrested. Plus, the evidence that led to her arrest is very problematic, to say the least. #BREAKING Head of Turkish Medical Association (TTB) and prominent human rights defender Şebnem … Read more
After legislating the so-called “disinformation law” they have posed like that. In fact, no shame for some. Üç utanç vesikası: 1. Yolsuzlukları aklama hatırası2. Dokunulmazlıkları kaldırma hatırası3. Sansür yasası hatırası Dursunlar burada. Bir gün gelir hesap döner… pic.twitter.com/VxkaasAr9V — Karabekir Akkoyunlu (@ulu_manitu) October 13, 2022 The Challenge of Cracking Iran’s Internet Blockade Wired Top … Read more
I think this is a classic pattern of censorship. Türkiye’s new ‘disinformation law’ explained Bianet :: English Internet news portals and journalists working for them are now subject to the Press Law. “Spreading disinformation” is Turkey Allows Jail Terms for What It Deems ‘Fake News’ NYT > Turkey by Ben Hubbard and Safak Timur Rights … Read more
Many friends, colleagues, and journalists have already criticized the new law. Without much repetition, I have four points to make: 1- The ruling party’s plans to colonize social media/ to build hegemony over social media failed. Political trolls and various types of intimidation did not work in general. Despite owning nearly 90 percent of legacy … Read more
Special Report: Insiders reveal how Erdogan tamed Turkey’s newsrooms | Reuters Reuters ISTANBUL, Aug 31 (Reuters) – When President Tayyip Erdogan’s son-in-law suddenly quit as finance minister in late 2020, four staff in Turkey’s leading newsrooms said they received a clear direction from their managers: don’t report this until the government says so. The resignation … Read more
Turkish pop star jailed over joke about religious schools https://t.co/UYQ0a14MgW pic.twitter.com/2dJ3Zq5gHJ — The Associated Press (@AP) August 26, 2022 U.S. concerned about judicial harassment after Turkish pop star’s arrest | Reuters Reuters WASHINGTON/ISTANBUL, Aug 27 (Reuters) – The United States said it remained concerned about Turkey’s censorship of free speech, and women’s groups . Another music festival … Read more
Islamofascists at work. One of longest-running rock festivals of Türkiye banned ‘to protect public safety’ Bianet :: English / The Zeytinli Rock Festival has become the latest example of the increasing bans on concerts and festivals over the past couple of years.
Turkey's state Information Technology and Communication Institution is being fed every internet user's personal data and internet activity, it is revealed. https://t.co/uvNhWkxc1L — Ankaralı Jan (@06JAnk) July 21, 2022 Turkish government agency collecting every activity of Internet users – report News originally in Turkish Poll: Turkey’s ruling alliance losing against opposition • Bianet :: English … Read more
Metin Cihan’s latest quest was to question a minister’s business relations (Mr. Canikli) This ended up with the restriction of his Twitter account. A journalist announced that Metin Cihan has several new accounts in other social media platforms: Nurettin Canikli dosyasını paylaşan Metin Cihan’ın Twitter hesabına kısıtlama getirilmiş. Bize, size ulaştırmamız için bir mesaj yolladı. … Read more
Turkey blocks access to Voice of America, Deutsche Welle websites The two outlets have refused to apply to Turkey’s media authority for a license. “Media licensed in Turkey are required to delete online content that RTÜK interprets as inappropriate. This is simply unacceptable for an independent broadcaster,” said the DW‘s head. Turkey blocks access to two news … Read more