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Pro-Kurdish Mezopotamya Agency’s website blocked

Pro-Kurdish Mezopotamya Agency’s website blocked

The agency has changed its domain to continue its operations.

Pro-Erdoğan professor gets over 2,900 articles about him censored

Pro-Erdoğan professor gets over 2,900 articles about him censored

Among the censored content is bianet's Media Monitoring Report, which documents all detected violations of press freedom in Turkey.

Access blocks to 'Sedat Peker reports' about President Erdoğan's son-in-law's brother challanged

Access blocks to 'Sedat Peker reports' about President Erdoğan's son-in-law's brother challanged

Lawyers of Yeni Yaşam daily argued that access blocks brought upon Serhat Albayrak's complaint constitute violation of freedom of expression and press.

20 December 2022

Highest number of content removal orders in Turkey target news on corruption, irregularities

MEDAR REPORT

Highest number of content removal orders in Turkey target news on corruption, irregularities

According to the report of the Media Research Association, at least 1,197 news articles faced orders of removal in a year. The websites of Cumhuriyet and BirGün newspapers and Oda TV news website faced the highest number of removal orders.

27 January 2022

Both gains and concerns in journalists’ rights!

BIA MEDIA MONITOR / OCTOBER-NOVEMBER-DECEMBER 2021

Both gains and concerns in journalists’ rights!

In the last quarter of 2021, at least 214 journalists appeared before the judge in 81 court cases in Turkey, facing 23 different charges. At least 62 were charged with “organization membership” and 14 “terror propaganda.” Happy Working Journalists Day!

10 January 2022 Erol Önderoğlu,Sinem Aydınlı

Turkey's top court urges Parliament to eliminate structural problems within a year

PILOT RULING ON ACCESS BLOCKS

Turkey's top court urges Parliament to eliminate structural problems within a year

The Constitutional Court has concluded that the access blocks imposed on some news stories published on a series of news websites such as BirGün, Gazete Duvar and Diken were in violation of their rights and ruled for payment of damages.

Constitutional Court: Access blocks violate rights, legal amendment necessary

Constitutional Court: Access blocks violate rights, legal amendment necessary

Examining nine different applications regarding the access blocks imposed by criminal judgeships of peace, Constitutional Court has concluded that “freedom of expression and press” has been violated and asked for a new law from the Parliament.

1 November 2021

Report: Turkey banned 130,000 web addresses in 2019

Report: Turkey banned 130,000 web addresses in 2019

While the AKP is preparing to submit a new bill on social media controls, the Freedom of Expression Association has released its annual "Blocked Web" report.