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
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
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
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
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!) http://bit.ly/1mrXYWq 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 … Read more
#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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 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
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