Turkey moves to oversee all online content, raises concerns over censorship Reuters – Reuters Editorial – Aug 1, 8:33 AM ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkey on Thursday granted its radio and television watchdog sweeping oversight over all online content, including streaming platforms like Netflix and online news outlets, in a move that raised concerns over possible censorship. … Read more
via I woke up to learn that popular music service Fizy.com is banned due to copyright issues. MÜYAP, a copyright violation hunter, is behind it. News in Turkish here. a discussion in Friendfeed here. http://twitter.com/tinca/statuses/19736397254492160 http://twitter.com/SenolEfendi/statuses/19731607174774784 Saturday Mothers to raise issue of missing persons again Today’s Zaman The Saturday Mothers decided to accelerate their efforts … Read more
photo credit Attention: Humanity being lost at Turkey-Greece border by RECEP KORKUT from Today’s Zaman, your gateway to Turkish daily news :: Op-Ed by RECEP KORKUT It is midnight on the border between Turkey and Greece. Special teams on rotation at the border are hypersensitive and on the look out for enemies they pursue with … Read more
A survey indicates that 65% of handicapped persons in Turkey are subject to humiliation… (news in Turkish) ************************ What Turkish women watch? A survey by RTÜK here again in Turkish…(a clue: Turkish soap operas, news and health programs) Investing in Turkey: mind your Ps & Qs Financial Times (blog) Telling journalists after a meeting on … Read more
FATMA DİŞLİ ZIBAK – An obvious end Many have called the resignation of Hürriyet daily chief columnist Oktay Ekşi from the paper, in the wake of insulting the prime minister and other ministers, a tragic and exemplary case. Löning Criticised Legal Proceedings against Journalist Ekşi from Bianet :: English The German Human Rights Commissioner, Markus … Read more