Global alcohol brands blocked from social media in Turkey Turkey Blocks by Editorial Instagram and Twitter accounts belonging to several international drinks brands have been blocked or restricted in Turkey, according to user complaints emerging yesterday now independently verified by the Turkey Blocks monitoring project. Popular Irish dry stout Guinness is amongst the blocked brands Affected … Read more
Yarkadaş: Summary of Proceedings Prepared for 17,000 Social Media Users Bianet :: English CHP’s Yarkadaş has said that a “Social Media Monitoring Unit” has been formed and within this framework, summary of proceedings prepared for 17,000 social media users but since detention centers in İstanbul are already full, no detention proceeding is taking place at … Read more
Alternative Informatics Association notice summarized what happened: Internet shutdown operations have started in Turkey as of 1.30 am on November 4, 2016. This was right at the time when Selahatttin Demirtas, the co-president of HDP (Kurdish front Party) was detained in Diyarbakir. 14 other party members have been detained by the State with allegations regarding their … Read more
Media Ownership Monitor: Government control over Turkish media almost complete | Reporters without borders rsf.org – Oct 27, 5:09 AM Penguins became the symbol of the government’s grip on the media in Turkey in 2013, when during the Gezi protests many news channels aired documentaries, one of them on CNN Türk about penguins. Since then … Read more
Efe Kerem Sözeri listed the censored Twitter messages here #SansürCell listesi *güncellendi*@Turkcell'in sansürletmek istediği 733 tweet'in *metni*:https://t.co/26NQH4O8gw pic.twitter.com/8c8Lefi6Jd — efe kerem sözeri 🫶 (@efekerem) April 11, 2016
News here in Turkish. BBC Turkish is cited as the news source… *************** 5 Details Leaked from Ankara Massacre Investigation Bianet :: English According to allegations, attack on the rally was denounced, bombers were informed on highest authorities, they were officially being looked for, the massacre was planned in Kilis bombers were sued due to Al Qaeda … Read more
Thanks to Prof. Yaman Akdeniz, who was in turn notified by Engelliweb.com ( a site that tracks banned sites in Turkey), one of my posts about the prosecutor, Mehmet Kiraz, being taken hostage by DHKPC militans back in April was banned. It seems that all websites including the hostage photo had been banned in bulk. … Read more
A NEWS FROM CENSORED WEBSITE [DAĞ MEDYA] : Twitter Transparency Report: 408 of 442 Content Removal Request Comes from Turkey Bianet :: English According to the same report, 408 content removal requests by court decision came from Turkey in the first six months of 2015; 125 twitter accounts were suspended, 1667 tweets were removed. Twitter increases scope … Read more
Yet another Kurdish account banned for no obvious reason… A news agency account also under trouble:
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
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
Bonzai! pic.twitter.com/4nx7GPbFwx — Cenk Sidar (@cenksidar) March 5, 2015 Turkey’s top scientific body has no digital analysts left amid ‘political’ layoffs Turkey’s top scientific body has rejected a local court’s request for evidence analysis, citing a lack of qualified specialists amid massive layoffs with allegedly political motives. Around 700 engineers, experts and chiefs have been fired … Read more
Turkey’s most wanted whistleblower identified, pro-gov’t media claims Columnist Emre Uslu, a former policeman, rejects claims that he is behind the much-speculated on Fuat Avni account Erdoğan takes control of Twitter account, sends first tweet Turkish President is finally on Twitter as his first ‘real’ tweet is an anti-smoking message Turkey’s anti-Twitter leader Erdoğan sends his first tweet … Read more
US Congressmen send Kerry letter about Turkey’s crackdown on Gülen-linked media US Congress members have written a letter to Kerry about Turkey’s crackdown on media organizations linked to Gülen In the footsteps of the murders of Hrant Dink and Nihat Kazanhan Today’s Zaman After an investigation was launched into Ergenekon — a clandestine organization nested within … Read more
Zuckerberg’s free-speech rhetoric proves empty as Facebook censors Charlie … International Business Times UK “In comparison with Twitter and YouTube, Facebook cooperates with the Turkish authorities much better,” Yaman Akdeniz, a professor in cyberlaw at Bilgi University in Istambul, told the New York Times. “Therefore it’s not surprising that Facebook . Facebook Caves to Turkish Government … Read more