The Struggle for Turkey’s Internet PDF version Turkey is a battleground state for Internet regulation, according to a Freedom House report released in advance of the Internet Governance Forum. The report shows how a young population, improving technology and international connections could result in a free Internet the world might envy, or that government … Read more
KONDA – The Gezi Report is now available for download in English.
On 30 May police in Istanbul broke up a small demonstration by several hundred environmentalists, using tear gas, beating protestors and burning their tents. The cause of the protestors and the abusive response of the authorities touched a nerve. Within days, tens of thousands of protestors had taken to the streets across the main cities … Read more
Thesis Landscapes from the Dark Alleys of Turkish Academy The author?s note: This is the English translation of the article that was originally published here in Turkish. Dr. Kaan Öztürk and Pınar Çelik helped me with the translation. I would like to thank Dr. Kaan Öztürk specifically for his significant contribution to the translation. I also thank Anoush Dadian and Dr. Debora Weber-Wulff for … Read more
Pocket Book on the Enlargement Countries – 2012
Promised constitutional and other legal reforms did not occur. Instead, the right to freedom of expression was threatened and protesters faced increased police violence. Thousands of prosecutions brought under flawed anti-terrorism laws routinely failed fair trial standards. Bomb attacks claimed the lives of civilians. No progress was made in recognizing the right to conscientious objection … Read more
The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatovi?, at the Deutsche Welle Global Media Forum, Bonn, 20 June 2011. (Deutsche Welle/K. Danetzk OSCE media freedom representative calls for legal reforms after study shows 95 journalists imprisoned in Turkey here is the report
NEW PUBLICATION from TESEV Democratization Program: How Legitimate Are The Kurds’ Demands? The Kurdish Question Through The Lens Of Turkey’s West Publication Date: 25 April 2011 Writers: Dilek Kurban and Yılmaz Ensaroğlu TESEV Democratization Program published the third report of the Kurdish Question Policy Reports Series. This report is prepared after several roundtable discussions hold … Read more
The Use of Western Technologies by Middle East Censors, 2010-2011 from Berkman Center Newsfeed by syoung The Berkman Center is pleased to share a new report from the OpenNet Initiative (ONI): West Censoring East: The Use of Western Technologies by Middle East Censors, 2010-2011 The report analyzes the use of American and Canadian-made tools … Read more