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Turkey’s media regulator penalizes streaming platforms over 'immoral' movies

Turkey’s media regulator penalizes streaming platforms over 'immoral' movies

Netflix has been fined due to the comedy film ‘Sausage Party’ and MUBI and BluTV have been fined due to ‘Climax.’ The platforms have been ordered to remove these movies.

Access to news site banned after pro-government media group’s request

Access to news site banned after pro-government media group’s request

Medya Radar, a news site focusing on the journalism sector, had reported allegations of low wages against the Turkuvaz Media group.

Turkey becomes first country to ban Wattpad

Turkey becomes first country to ban Wattpad

Prior to the ban, there had been increasing criticism on social media from conservative groups regarding the content available on Wattpad.

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.

Censorship on bianet article lifted after top court ruling

Censorship on bianet article lifted after top court ruling

New regarding the death of a patient in an İzmir hospital was censored. The censorship has been lifted after the Constitutional Court annulled a law article allowing access bans on grounds of "violation of personal rights."

Mezopotamya Agecy censored

Mezopotamya Agecy censored

In response to the censorship of the domain, the Mezopotamya Agency switched to mezopotamyaajansi.net.

Ekşi sözlük ban lifted following top court verdict

Ekşi sözlük ban lifted following top court verdict

Ekşi Sözlük, one of the most popular websites in Turkey, has been banned several times since last year's earthquakes.

23 January 2024

Report: Turkey blocked over 4,400 Twitter URLs in 2022

Report: Turkey blocked over 4,400 Twitter URLs in 2022

Most of the tweets were related to irregularity allegations against public officials and “violation of personal rights” was the most common reason, according to the Free Web Turkey report.

21 December 2023

Turkey’s ‘Ekşi Sözlük’ social media site banned again

Turkey’s ‘Ekşi Sözlük’ social media site banned again

A group monitoring online censorship in the country reported that the website was banned for reasons related to “national security and the preservation of public order.”

14 December 2023

Report: Turkey blocked access to over 40,000 URLs in 2022

Report: Turkey blocked access to over 40,000 URLs in 2022

The major portion of access restrictions in the past year targeted media outlets critical of the government and news related to President Erdoğan and his family, shows the Free Web Turkey report.

30 October 2023

Minister: Turkey blocked 108 million attempts to access 'harmful' websites in a decade

Minister: Turkey blocked 108 million attempts to access 'harmful' websites in a decade

Those "harmful" websites are primarily identified through the filtration of various keywords, which at times results in the blocking of LGBTI+ websites.

Prisoner's drawing materials seized during cell raid

Prisoner's drawing materials seized during cell raid

The justification for confiscating the pens was cited as "drawing party flags and symbols."

Court blocks access to news report that led to detention of five journalists

Court blocks access to news report that led to detention of five journalists

The journalist who reported on the reassignment of a married judge and prosecutor presiding over the same case was remanded in custody. Four others, including a bianet editor, were briefly detaining for retweeting a post containing this information.

Courts block access to hundreds of news pieces about Erdoğan's sons

Courts block access to hundreds of news pieces about Erdoğan's sons

The blocked news pieces include domestic and international corruption allegations against Bilal Erdoğan and the 1998 killing of a singer, for which Burak Erdoğan stood trial.

Court blocks access to reports about employment agency official's deceptive conduct towards job-seeking women

Court blocks access to reports about employment agency official's deceptive conduct towards job-seeking women

Gıyas Güven was accused of enticing women seeking employment by promising them jobs and engaging in sexual relationships with them.

Turkey bans OnlyFans following court order

Turkey bans OnlyFans following court order

The court decision to ban the platform comes after a massive social media campaign accusing OnlyFans and its content creators of "obscenity" and "immorality."

Turkey blocks access to platform monitoring web censorship

Turkey blocks access to platform monitoring web censorship

The EngelliWeb platform has been keeping a tally of the number of banned web addresses, including news articles.

Ministry censors renowned novelist's book

Ministry censors renowned novelist's book

A 2007 novel by Ahmet Ümit has been deemed "obscene." The novelist criticized the decision on Twitter.

RSF denounces censorship of earthquake coverage in Turkey

RSF denounces censorship of earthquake coverage in Turkey

"While the country needs transparency more than ever before, these decisions to block access to reports once again serve the purpose of preventing criticism against the government's post-earthquake practices," the RSF representative in Turkey has said.

Access to Ekşi Sözlük blocked again

Access to Ekşi Sözlük blocked again

Yesterday, a court lifted a ban on the social network that had been in place for nine days.

Court lifts access ban on Kurdish publishing house's website

Court lifts access ban on Kurdish publishing house's website

The Avesta Publishing House was among the several sites that were blocked for "terror propaganda."

'This is censorship': Ekşi Sözlük CEO slams access ban, vows to take legal action

'This is censorship': Ekşi Sözlük CEO slams access ban, vows to take legal action

One of the most popular websites in Türkiye, Ekşi Sözlük was banned after the earthquakes. The reason for the ban is still not clear.

27 February 2023 Tuğçe Yılmaz

Türkiye blocks access to Kurdish-focused websites, including Rudaw

Türkiye blocks access to Kurdish-focused websites, including Rudaw

The websites have been banned for "terrorist propaganda" after a complaint by the police.

23 February 2023

Türkiye blocks access to popular social media platform Ekşi Sözlük

Türkiye blocks access to popular social media platform Ekşi Sözlük

While the reason for the decision is not yet clear, many social media users assume that it was part of the government's efforts to curb social media following the devastating earthquakes on February 6.

21 February 2023

Diken news portal investigated over 'censorship' claims against AKP deputy

Diken news portal investigated over 'censorship' claims against AKP deputy

The broadcaster of the judicial year opening ceremony had stopped the broadcast while the head of the union of bars was speaking. The news portal claimed an AKP deputy was the "secret owner" of the company.

17 November 2022

Constitutional Court to examine ‘disinformation law’ in respect of substance

Constitutional Court to examine ‘disinformation law’ in respect of substance

The main opposition party had applied to the top court demanding of a provision that triggered "censorship" criticism.

27 October 2022

Forty-eight more articles about Erdoğan's former lawyer censored

Forty-eight more articles about Erdoğan's former lawyer censored

Previously, a court had blocked 130 articles, including two news reports on bianet, about Mustafa Doğan İnal.

16 August 2022 Hikmet Adal

Lawsuit against bianet over report on Erdoğan's former lawyer

Lawsuit against bianet over report on Erdoğan's former lawyer

The report concerns bribery allegations against a former lawyer for President Erdoğan. bianet's former editor-in-chief is charged with "insult and slander."

10 August 2022 Hikmet Adal

US 'regrets' Turkey's censorship of Voice of America, Deutsche Welle

US 'regrets' Turkey's censorship of Voice of America, Deutsche Welle

Websites of the two outlets were banned last week after a request by Turkey's media authority.

Turkey blocks access to Voice of America, Deutsche Welle websites

Turkey blocks access to Voice of America, Deutsche Welle websites

The two outlets have refused to apply to Turkey's media authority for a license. "Media licensed in Turkey are required to delete online content that RTÜK interprets as inappropriate. This is simply unacceptable for an independent broadcaster," said the DW's head.

Condemning the journalist to univocality? Not that easy!

BIA MEDIA MONITOR / JANUARY-FEBRUARY-MARCH 2022

Condemning the journalist to univocality? Not that easy!

According to the BİA Media Monitoring Report, at least six journalists and one media outlet were attacked and Ses Kocaeli Newspaper’s owner Arslan was killed in an armed attack in the first 3 months of 2022. Happy World Press Freedom Day!

3 May 2022 Erol Önderoğlu

Omnibus bill to pose ‘yet another obstacle to people’s access to news in Turkey’

Omnibus bill to pose ‘yet another obstacle to people’s access to news in Turkey’

The Turkish Journalists' Association (TGC) has released a statement about the omnibus bill that foresees up to 3 years in prison for journalists over their news against companies. Defining the bill as “censorship”, the TGC demands its withdrawal.

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