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Minister Yıldırım: YouTube or any Other Ordinary Person...

INTERNET ACCESS BAN

Minister Yıldırım: YouTube or any Other Ordinary Person...

In the context of the access ban for the YouTube website, Transport Minister Yıldırım addressed YouTube officials, "You will be treated just the same way as the ordinary people are treated in the Turkish Republic.

30 June 2010 Erol Önderoğlu

OSCE and Turkish Institutions Against Internet Censorship

OSCE and Turkish Institutions Against Internet Censorship

Miyatoviç from the OSCE urged Turkey to abide by international legal standards and lift internet access bans. An initiative of 36 Turkish organizations and institutions said the access bans are a breach of the law and called officials who failed to work out legal reforms to resign.

24 June 2010 Erhan Üstündağ

Media Freedom Activists Bring Lawsuit against Google Ban

INTERNET CENSORSHIP

Media Freedom Activists Bring Lawsuit against Google Ban

Akdeniz from Bilgi University and Altıparmak from Ankara University will appeal to the ban of certain Google services imposed by the Telecommunication Communication Presidency. bianet.org publication coordinator Kürkçü criticized the restrictions which directly harm the work of bianet. The Turkish Journalists Association and Reporters without Borders condemned the ban.

8 June 2010 Erol Önderoğlu,Tolga Korkut

Internet Censorship: Turkey "Under Surveillance" of RSF

Internet Censorship: Turkey "Under Surveillance" of RSF

Reporters Without Borders added Turkey and Russia to the organization's "under surveillance" list published in the latest report on 12 March. "Taboo topics" for Turkey are quoted as mainly related to Atatürk, the army, minorities and the dignity of the nation.

15 March 2010 Erol Önderoğlu

Seventh Website Ban within One Month

INTERNET CENSORSHIP

Seventh Website Ban within One Month

Access has been banned to the expatriates.com website which provides information and networking services for people constantly living abroad. The decision was taken by the Telecommunication Communication Presidency for reasons of "administrative measures".

19 October 2009 Erol Önderoğlu

Access Denied to LGBT Social Networking Sites

INTERNET CENSORSHIP

Access Denied to LGBT Social Networking Sites

Access has been blocked to LGBT social networking sites galibe, haydigayri and shemaleturk under accusations such as prostitution, obscenity or child abuse according to law article 5651. The site administrators were no informed about the decision and spoke of a "homophobic mentality".

6 October 2009 Bawer Çakır

Copyright Protection Shouldn't Undermine Freedom of Speech

INTERNET FREEDOM

Copyright Protection Shouldn't Undermine Freedom of Speech

In the course of the discussion of blocked access to the entire contents of MySpace, RSF pointed out that the Turkish Internet legislation violates the European Convention for Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms.

25 September 2009 Erol Önderoğlu

MySpace and Last FM Censored

WEBSITES BANNED

MySpace and Last FM Censored

With a decision from June this year the Beyoğlu Public Prosecutor's Office now blocked access to MySpace and Last FM, two of the world's biggest sites for socializing and music-sharing. Both artists and internet users voiced their disapproval of the decision.

21 September 2009 Bawer Çakır

INTERNET CENSORSHIP

Ban on YouTube Enters 2nd Year

Activists urge the government to leave content control to citizens and NGOs. Courts can easily ban access to web sites, depending on the law 5651.

Creationist Adnan Oktar Gets Another Internet Site Banned

Creationist Adnan Oktar gets the internet site nacizanebilgi.com shut down on the grounds that he was insulted. He is asking for 4000 euro for damages.

24 November 2008 Erol Önderoğlu

bianet Refuses Suspend Criticism Against "Creationist" Preacher

bianet Refuses Suspend Criticism Against "Creationist" Preacher

Adnan Oktar, the "Creationist" preacher upon whose claims of personal humiliation many internet sites have been closed by court decision, threatens Bianet too: “Articles by two academics dmages my personal dignity. Lift these orwe will have you banned like Richard Dawkin’s site.” There is no insult, so we are not removing the article!

29 October 2008

Blogger.com Is Accessible Again

The Diyarbakır Court lifted the ban on blogger.com, one of the biggest blog services in the internet, four days later, until all the evidence is collected.

28 October 2008

Turkish Bloggers Are Furious

After Youtube.com, Wordpress and Googe Groups, now a well-known blog service blogger.com has been banned in Turkey. No change seems to be coming in internet censorship.

27 October 2008 Erol Önderoğlu

Creationist Adnan Oktar Manages To Shut Down Another Internet Site

The court has banned the internet site of the Union of Education and Scientific Workers, which has been taking a stand against the spread of Adnan Oktar’s pro-creationist ideas in schools.

25 September 2008 Erol Önderoğlu

Evolutionist Dawkins’ Internet Site Banned In Turkey

Turkish court has banned the access to world famous evolutionist Prof. Richard Dawkins’ internet site upon complaint by creationist Adnan Oktar on the grounds that the site contained insulting remarks about Oktar’s book “Atlas of Creation”.

17 September 2008

Dailymotion Is Open, The Other Internet Sites Are Still Not

Among the sites that were banned by the Turkish authorities, only the video sharing site dailymotion was opened. The rest are still closed, waiting for the needed court orders.

2 September 2008 Erol Önderoğlu

YouTube Is Back

YouTube and Dailymotion are accessible again. Youtube was closed for three months and Dailymotion was banned since the beginning of August. Last week many internet sites protested this internet censorship.

412 Internet Sites And Blogs Protest Internet Censorship

The number of internet sites and blogs protesting the internet censorship in Turkey, court orders banning the sites, has risen to 412. They darkened their pages to warn the authorities and public about the policies that make life difficult for internet publishing

20 August 2008 Erol Önderoğlu

Internet Sites Protest Recent Internet Censorship

Elmaaltshift.com has launched a protest campaign against the latest internet banning of the sites such as youtube, dailymotion, and many others. The campaign will last until the midnight of August 20.

Another Internet Site Is Banned

The censorship against the internet sites is continuing in Turkey. After youtube.com and dailymotion, not the sites of kliptube and gundemonline.com are banned, too.

14 August 2008 Erol Önderoğlu

Objectionable Atatürk Videos Keep YouTube Inaccessible

Objectionable Atatürk Videos Keep YouTube Inaccessible

Turkey is not one of hostile countries to the internet, but it has kept YouTube, the biggest video sharing site, inaccessible for two months because of insulting videos to Atatürk. The prosecutor says it is not enough to remove them from the Turkish database.

Organisations Condemn Internet Censorship

Turkish PEN, the Turkish Writers’ Trade Union, the Association of People of Letters and the Turkish Publishers’ Union have condemned the blocked access to Youtube and other websites in Turkey.

3 April 2008 Erol Önderoğlu

Access to Another Website Banned

After Wordpress and Youtube.com, the Indymedia-Istanbul website has now been closed with a court decision. Turkey continues to close down whole sites because of individual contributions.

27 March 2008 Erol Önderoğlu

Courts Queuing Up to Close Down Youtube!

After courts in Ankara and Sivas blocked access to the international video-sharing website in mid-January, a court in Izmir blocked access to the site again yesterday. The ban has now been lifted.

31 January 2008 Erol Önderoğlu

Youtube is Back... Access Should Not Be Blocked Again!

RSF and OSCE release general recommendations for internet use in the OSCE member states. "Filters can only be put in place by Internet users themselves" they recommend.

25 January 2008 Erol Önderoğlu

Access to Youtube Blocked

Two Turkish judges successively impose categorical ban on access to Youtube.com, for the content of one single video clip.

23 January 2008 Erol Önderoğlu

RSF Protests Against YouTube Block

RSF has condemned the decision of a Sivas court to block access to YouTube.

21 September 2007 Rsf

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