Iran has significantly degraded Starlink’s effectiveness inside Iran for now, but it has not “killed” or permanently broken the system as a whole. Starlink still works globally and remains intermittently usable in parts of Iran despite heavy interference.[aljazeera] What Iran actually did Iranian authorities deployed powerful ground-based jammers (reportedly including Russian-made systems) that interfere with … Read more
IFCN rejects the attempt to portray fact-checking as a security threat and warns of rising global repression The International Fact-Checking Network (IFCN) at the Poynter Institute strongly opposes the Trump administration’s recent decision to deny U.S. visas to European public officials and civil society leaders. This action, which includes the blacklisting of individuals for their … Read more
I don’t understand why the platform would name itself in English if it claims to be local and national… Selçuk Bayraktar, a prominent Turkish engineer and chairman of Baykar and TEKNOFEST, and son-in-law of Erdoğan, announced NEXT Teknofest Social in July 2025 as a “yerli ve milli” (local and national) social media platform developed by … Read more
Kneecap, and then Bob Vylan made many people angry. I thought punk was really integrated into the system, but seemingly not… Kneecap and Bob Vylan are both making headlines due to their highly controversial performances at the 2025 Glastonbury Festival, which have sparked political, legal, and media backlash in both the UK and internationally. Kneecap: … Read more
Grup Yorum has been around for so many decades that it was another shameful censorship by Turkish authorities. We all know that it has affiliations to an outlawed armed revolutionary organization, but that organization is not even active nowadays. And audiences for the band are definitely beyond that group. I find this censorship really unnecessary. … Read more
Details here This page, created as part of the Freedom of Expression Association‘s EngelliWeb project, shows how long some of the more than one million websites blocked in Turkey have been inaccessible. Our aim is to prevent the effects of censorship from being forgotten and to raise awareness about the pressures on freedom of expression.
Wikipedia still banned in Turkey despite top court’s violation ruling | Ahval Wikipedia is still unaccessible in Turkey despite the country’s top court’s decision to lift the… Berkin Elvan Would be 21 Years Old If He Were Alive Today Bianet :: English Yesterday was the 21st birthday of Berkin Elvan, who lost his life at … Read more
Unsecured Internet of Things gadgets get hacked within 40 minutes of being connected to the net Boing Boing by Cory Doctorow The Atlantic’s Andrew McGill set up a virtual server on Amazon’s cloud that presented to the internet as a crappy, insecure Internet of Things toaster; 41 minutes later, a hacked IoT device connected to it … Read more
Twitter did not obey Turkish court’s decision yet… At least 44 detained in latest Istanbul anti-PKK operation At least 44 suspects, including local heads of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), were detained in a pre-dawn “anti-terror” police operation in Istanbul on Oct. 2 Turkish PM thanked PYD during relocation of Ottoman tomb: HDP’s Önder Prime Minister Ahmet … Read more
News in Turkish here In the video Erdoğan says if AKP won 400 seats in the parliament, post election violence would not happen… ************** Starbucks ‘doesn’t plan to sell alcoholic beverages in Turkey’ Starbucks does not plan to sell alcoholic beverages in Turkey, its country business director Tunç Tunaveli has said, as reported by Turkish daily Dünya … Read more
Turkish court issues media ban over Suruç bombing A court has ordered a publication ban on photos and videos of the deadly bombing in southeastern Turkey in the latest instance of gag orders on the media after major crises. Suruç Explosion Protesters Attacked Once Again in İstanbul Bianet :: English The police attacked Suruç Explosion protesters in … Read more
Teaching Freedom of Expression in Universities: Reading Lists to Share with Your Students We are delighted to present a collection of reading lists from Index on Censorshipto help support the teaching of freedom of expression. Visit the collection page today to gain free access to five reading lists grouped according to the following subject areas: Threats … Read more
A new documentary: Persona non Grata Produced by P24, directed by Tuluhan Tekelioglu, Persona non Grata tells the story of Turkey’s journalists today—watch it here… The first public screening of Punto24’s new documentary was held at the Swedish Consulate in Istanbul to mark the World Press Freedom Day on 3 May, 2015. This is not … Read more
Infographic: Turkish Authorities Most Controlling of Twitter Content Statista – Felix Richter – Feb 11 – Over the past few years, Twitter has become much more than a place to share selfies and cute cat videos. Instead it serves as an important platform for political discussion and commentary in many countries. The company’s latest … Read more
Turkish court blocks access to Facebook pages that ‘insult’ the Prophet Muhammad A local court in Ankara has ruled to block access to Facebook pages for ‘insulting’ the Prophet Muhammad A good analysis in Turkish here. ************** US, Turkey relations like old marriage, no longer a love affair, says American analyst Washington reviews its relations with Ankara … Read more