Presidency of Telecommunication and Communication Blocks 4 Websites

Presidency of Telecommunication and Communication (TİB) continues to censor news websites. According to engelliweb.com, Dağ Media, BestaNuce, Fırat News Agency and Dicle News Agency have been under the censorship of TİB.

The censorship is executed as an “administrative measure” right now.

Pınar Dağ: There is no justification

Dağ Media Founding Member Pınar Dağ told bianet that they weren’t informed about the censorship of their website and they got very surprised because of not knowing the reason. Pınar Dağ added she applied for a legal transaction.

Fırat News Agency and Dicle News Agency had been censored before.

Website Özgür Gündem has been blocked

The website of Özgür Gündem Newspaper has been blocked for 17 days.

A few hours after Deputy Prime Minister Bülent Arınç said: “Many newspapers including Özgür Gündem, Evrensel and others…these are crime machines,” Özgür Gündem was blocked.

Editor Demir: “Freedom of information is blocked, actually”

We talked to Editor Arzu  Demir from Etkin News Agency which has been blocked for 11 days. Editor Demir said the freedom of information was blocked, actually and indicated the censorship was executed simultaneously with bombardments against the PKK.

Since July 25, 2015, 96 websites including Dicle News Agency, Fırat News Agency, sendika.org, evrensel.net and Jinha and 23 twitter accounts has been blocked by TİB and then court decision. Most of the websites are Kurdish and related to the Kurdish Question.

The websites have been blocked under the law no. 5651 related to regulating of publishing on the internet and fighting against the cyber crimes. (EA/BD)

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