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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.