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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.

'Fahrenheit 5651': Turkey blocked 467,011 web addresses in 14 years

'Fahrenheit 5651': Turkey blocked 467,011 web addresses in 14 years

More than 58,000 web addresses were blocked in the last year, according to the Freedom of Expression Association.

Pro-AKP media boss sues professor for tweeting about censorship of Paradise Papers report

Pro-AKP media boss sues professor for tweeting about censorship of Paradise Papers report

Serhat Albayrak demands 100,000 for damages from Prof. Akdeniz after an incident of "blockception," where reports about censorship are also censored.

25 May 2021 Hikmet Adal

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.

Prof. Akdeniz: Access Block on Odatv a Move to Intimidate Journalists

Prof. Akdeniz: Access Block on Odatv a Move to Intimidate Journalists

The access block on the Odatv news site has similarities with the censorship of Wikipedia as the internet law functioned as a mechanism of censorship in both cases, according to the law professor.

6 March 2020 Hikmet Adal

‘Number of Websites Blocked from Turkey Has Exponentially Risen Since 2015’

FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION ASSOCIATION (İFÖD)

‘Number of Websites Blocked from Turkey Has Exponentially Risen Since 2015’

According to the report released by the Freedom of Expression Association (İFÖD), “While access to 80,553 websites was blocked from Turkey as of the beginning of 2015, this figure is 288,310 in total as of October 2019.”

9 December 2019

Access to 54 Thousand 903 Websites Blocked in Turkey in 2018

REPORT ON BLOCKED WEBSITES RELEASED IN ENGLISH

Access to 54 Thousand 903 Websites Blocked in Turkey in 2018

The Freedom of Expression Association has released the English version of its report on blocked websites, news articles and social media content from Turkey. Accordingly, access to 54 thousand 903 websites was blocked in Turkey in 2018.