#TwitterBlockinTurkey As their ugly relations with ISIS appear, Turkey’s autocrats try to start media blackout!

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

Twitter unblocked, NOW Google threatened. Turkey turning into a tribal land…

Turkey’s fresh ban pushes social media giants to remove content Turkish authorities have blocked access to Twitter, Facebook and YouTube over their initial refusal to remove photos of a prosecutor who was taken hostage by militants in Istanbul. In eight hours, all three social media giants complied with the court ruling and Ankara revoked the ban. … Read more

#TwitterisblockedinTurkey

Laura Wells ‏@wellsla  Unbelievable! Deja vu in #Turkey Govt. blocks 166 sites,including #Youtube,#Twitter b/c of prosecutor photo http://rt.com/news/247117-turkey-blocks-youtube-twitter-facebook/#.VSJ5HvdCpws.twitter … v @06JAnk Turkey Blocks Twitter, YouTube, Scores of Websites After Prosecutor’s Killing Global Voices Online by Arzu Geybullayeva A police officer fires teargas in Istanbul during the Gezi Park protests, June 2013. Photo by Mstyslav Chernov via Wikimedia … Read more

update/correction: Sympathy for IS among Turkish police as “Twitter quickly withholds tweets for Turkey’s ‘national security’…

some reliable observers point out that these hand signals might be related to team numbers. she might be right:   Twitter quickly withholds tweets for Turkey’s ‘national security’ Transportation Minister Lütfi Elvan complains of ‘provocations’ Turkey’s main opposition suggests limited ground operation into Kobane The CHP says the mandate authorizing the army to mobilize in Syria should … Read more

As Erdoğan becomes the first Turkish PM to sue his own country, 22 in İzmir in court for their Twitter messages during #OccupyGezi

Gezi döneminde tweet attıkları için haklarında dava açılan arkadaşlar şu an adliye salonunda. #IzmirTwitterCase pic.twitter.com/GWM9rRUZs4 Erdoğan becomes first Turkish PM to sue his own country (Twitter made him do it!) pic.twitter.com/MqcDgzi005 via @nycjim ‘Even Pulitzer winners would be jailed’ in Turkey with intel law HRW?s executive director Kenneth Roth says the MİT law will harm a … Read more

Twitter’s trial with Turkey… as Turkey desires to create her own intranet…

#NoJoke Meet Turkey’s AKpitter, the alternative Twitter for AKP supporters (no official affiliation with AKP though) pic.twitter.com/pSUungWGpq Turkey mulls leaving World Wide Web, minister says   Communications Minister Lütfi Elvan has said Turkey may leave the World Wide Web (www) to establish its own “ttt” protocol. Elvan also argued an international convention to control the … Read more

Kendi oy verenini aptal yerine koyma. @YavuzBaydar Twitter görüşmelerini yazdı.

Yavuz Bey burada da yayınlanan Twitter görüşmesi notlarıma da değindiği yazısında hükümetin şark kurnazlığını yazmış… Bu arada dün akşam Can Dündar’ın Canlı Gastesi’ne de uğradım. O da burada.  Yavuz Baydar Twitter’a yapılan şark kurnazlığını yazdı Yazarımız Yavuz Baydar Twitter Başkan yardımcısı Colin Crowell’ın İstanbul’da bazı akademisyenlerle yaptığı görüşmenin perde arkasıyla ilgili yazısını köşesine taşıdı. İŞTE … Read more

Visiting Twitter Team: No office in Turkey in near future, No personal data to be given to government…

Let me briefly sum up what I have written in Turkish. I was invited to a meeting today with the Twitter team that visits Turkey and holds government-level talks. It looks like pro-AKP media continued to create misinformation… * No Twitter office to be opened in Turkey soon. Decision to open an office is based … Read more

12 April 1993. The Day Turkey connected to WWW…

Thus, it is not only my birthday but also the birthday of Internet in Turkey;) But not a happy one  with more than 40 thousand sites blocked, Twitter etc ban…   photo via RT Opinion?@rtopinion Internet Week activities in Turkey can be found here.  In the mean time:  Turkey PM threatens to ‘go after’ Twitter for tax … Read more

The top court, not only removes the ban but also opens up a Twitter account…

Turkish Court Rejects Part of Judiciary Law NYT > Turkey by By TIM ARANGO The Constitutional Court overturned a provision that gave the government of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan greater control over the judiciary   Tension between top court, gov?t likely to escalate: Turkish main opposition Hurriyet Daily News CHP Deputy Chair Faik Öztrak … Read more

EFD Rights Watch: “YouTube to remain blocked in Turkey despite court order…

BTK Insists on YouTube Ban Bianet :: English Information and Communication Technologies Authority (BTK) stated that YouTube ban must continue.Telecommunication lawyer Gökhan Ahi said that BTK insisted on YouTube ban arbitrarily despite the court verdict. AKP deputy applies to Constitutional Court for blocking Twitter Hurriyet Daily News Turkish Parliament Constitution Commission?s head Burhan Kuzu applied … Read more

Turkish government keen on attacking social media, Still defending Twitter ban…

High court?s Twitter verdict should be overturned: Turkish PM Hurriyet Daily News Reiterating his government?s harsh criticisms against the Constitutional Court?s ruling lifting a ban on Twitter, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has called the ruling wrong Social media firms evade tax: Turkish finance minister Hurriyet Daily News Social media companies yield undeserved gains in … Read more

Despite Constitutional Court order, AKP government continues to block Twitter. Kind of a coup d’etat?

RIGHTS – Constitutional Court orders authorities to unblock Twitter hurriyetdailynews.com ? The Constitutional Court has ordered authorities to unblock Twitter, saying the decision violated the rights of users who had appealed the decision. Regarding individual complaints, the court has unanimously ruled the ban is a violation of free RIGHTS – Twitter can be unblocked for just … Read more

Twitter files for lawsuits in Turkish courts against the ban…

Twitter files for lawsuits in Turkish courts to get ongoing ban on its service lifted  The Next Web by Nick Summers Twitter is fighting to have the ban on its social network lifted in Turkey. Today, the company filed petitions for lawsuits in multiple Turkish courts, demanding that the current ban be lifted. Turkish court upholds appeal … Read more

Another Berkin Elvan Case. A 10-year-old kid wounded by pepper gas canister by head in Silvan. #DirenMehmetEzer Dispatches from Turkey…

More information about Mehmet Ezer’s situation here in Turkish. A few senior pro-Kurdish BDP officials are awaiting in Dicle Hospital as Mehmet is still in critical situation… In other news: Data Show Turkey’s Tweeters Beating Ban Technology Review Tweets in Turkish are down but not out, even as Turkey?s prime minister tries to block Twitter … Read more