Ana gündemimiz internet filtresiydi. Ayrıca Erciş’in Genç Sesi projesini de tartıştık… 22 Kasım İnternet Filtresi, Erciş’in Genç Sesi Konuklar: Gündem Çocuk Derneği Üyesi Melda Akbaş, Avukat Gökhan Ahi, Avukat Serhat Koç Buyrun:
Mehmet Baransu, who is known to have published leaked military documents at Taraf daily, and Rasih Yılmaz, a Bugün columnist, movie critic and an author, led a campaign yesterday against Ekşi Sözlük. Ekşi Sözlük with more than 10,000 thousand contributors is the biggest online forum and one of the few independent sites against increasing conservative … Read more
Alternative Information Technologies Association applied to the Council of State for the cancellation of central Internet filtering system! Alternative Information Technologies Association applied to the Council of State for the cancellation of central Internet filtering system which will be enforced by Turkish Telecommunication Authority, Information Communications and Technology Agency (ICTA) by November 22nd 2011. The first … Read more
We got the news today that BTK postponed the proposed filtering system that would start on August 22. It is now to be expected to start on November 22. Although the official explanation is that they have listened to civil societal forces and are planning amendments, it might just be due to summer: New cabinet … Read more
nothing certain yet…we are waiting what the final decision of our authorities… Internet blocking practices a concern, access is a human right, says OSCE media freedom representative at launch of OSCE-wide study from Yeni Medya by binark The Internet should remain free and access should be considered a human right, said the OSCE Representative on … Read more
32 detained in 11 cities in Turkey and they are held for interrogation in Ankara. 8 of them are under 18… News in Turkish here and in English here. Anonymous attack triggered nationalist reactions in Turkey. A brief summary of the range of attack can be found here. A hot debate took place here. It … Read more
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Pirate Party of Turkey issued a communique (in Turkish) in which it supports the Anonymous attack. Turkish officials are reported to increase web security measures. ************* Internet activist group warns Turkish government about censorship from Hurriyet Dailynews by ISTANBUL- Daily News with wires Anonymous, an online activist group consisting of anonymous members from all over … Read more
www.rapidshare.com and www.fileserve.com are also banned now… news in Turkish here. A group of protesting students clashed with police today. There was an international higher education symposium in Istanbul and the group was to protest Turkish Higher Education Council (YÖK) more photos here. The Great March of Anatolia is stopped by Police before entering Ankara…more … Read more
Update (27 May): Vodafone Turkey today released a press release stating that there was a misunderstanding. Here is the release in Turkish. Serpil Timuray, Vodafone Turkey’s CEO, stated today that they support the State’s 22 August filtering regime. … In other developments, MÜYAP the copyright monsters, are forcing web publishers to sign documents like the … Read more
France suspends three-strikes copyright law after massive data-leak by Cory Doctorow TMG, a private contractor that administers France’s HADOPI copyright system, has been hacked, resulting in a temporary suspension of HADOPI. Under HADOPI, people who use an Internet connection where one or more users have been accused of multiple acts of copyright infringement lose their … Read more
update: more than 200 photos uploaded in the galery now… Photos in the gallery mostly taken by Erkan Saka, Ferhat Yurdam and Beril Toper. …and Simge Sezer offers 80 more photos here. And that’s Beril’s video: The gallery here: Internet’ime Dokunma Yürüyüşü
The march in Istanbul will start at Taksim Square at 14. There are many other planned marches in all over Turkey. Some organizers expect 100,000 demonstrators in Taksim. I suppose if 10 thousand shows up, it is definitely a good sign. In half an hour, I will be in Taksim Square located in a cafe … Read more
Why is Turkish government messing with Internet? Turkish Prime Minister: Facebook Is ?Ugly Technology? 1. Because it is an unruly environment. PM Erdoğan’s intense media bashing along with more practical sanctions gave way to an AKP hegemony over the mainstream media. All major anti-AKP newspapers, TV channels, media conglomerations in general are more or … Read more
There will be a march against censorship on May 15. Three major web projects (Sansüre Sansür, ekşi sözlük ve bobiler.org) support the march as announced today… Turkey: Are Ankara Web Regulators Running Amok? | EurasiaNet.org Sour Times in Turkey from Kamil Pasha by Jenny White The censorship frenzy in Turkey has reached jaw-dropping proportions, … Read more