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Over 137,000 web addresses blocked in Turkey in 2022 in new record

Over 137,000 web addresses blocked in Turkey in 2022 in new record

Among the blocked web addresses, over 6,000 were news articles. "Violation of privacy" was the most common reason for censoring news reports.

26 July 2023 Hikmet Adal

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

‘YouTube precedent threatens free expression,’ warn rights organizations

‘YouTube precedent threatens free expression,’ warn rights organizations

After YouTube announced that it would open a local representative in Turkey in line with the country’s recently amended social media law, three rights organizations have criticized the decision in a joint written statement.

21 December 2020

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.

‘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