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Journalist investigated after reporting on rape, murder allegations against AKP deputy

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Journalist investigated after reporting on rape, murder allegations against AKP deputy

Yelda Kaharman, an 18-year-old student and a local journalist from Kyrgyzstan, was found dead at home in March 2019. Accusations against AKP deputy Tolga Ağar about the incident have resurfaced after crime leader Sedat Peker's videos.

19 May 2021 Volga Kuşçuoğlu

Police ban journalists from recording police violence

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Police ban journalists from recording police violence

Journalists were prevented from working on May Day after the Directorate General of Security issued a controversial circular prohibiting filming and photographing police officers during demonstrations.

6 May 2021 Volga Kuşçuoğlu

Mezopotamya Agency censored for the 31st time

Mezopotamya Agency censored for the 31st time

Another access block has been imposed on the Mezopotamya Agency (MA) website.

Court blocks access to articles about Albayrak family members

Court blocks access to articles about Albayrak family members

Several articles about former finance minister Berat Albayrak, Serhat Albayrak and Şule Albayrak have been banned due to "violation of personal rights."

30th censorship on Mezopotamya Agency

30th censorship on Mezopotamya Agency

An access block has been imposed on two websites of Mezopotamya Agency (MA) on the same day.

Judgeship blocks access to 3 websites of JinNews

Judgeship blocks access to 3 websites of JinNews

With the decision of the Diyarbakır 1st Penal Judgeship of Peace, an access block has been imposed on three websites where JinNews was publishing news.

Second access block to Mezopotamya Agency in a week

Second access block to Mezopotamya Agency in a week

With a ruling handed down by the Osmaniye 1st Penal Judgeship of Peace, an access block has been imposed on the website of Mezopotamya Agency (MA).

‘Turkey’s ad ban not binding for companies without local representatives’

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‘Turkey’s ad ban not binding for companies without local representatives’

According to İstanbul Bar’s IT Law Center Founder Gökhan Ahi, if the advertisers and users want to give an ad to the social media providers which have not yet appointed local representatives, there is no obstacle in their way.

22 January 2021 Hikmet Adal

42 percent of blocked news related to AKP, pro-government people

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42 percent of blocked news related to AKP, pro-government people

Access blocks affected at least 1,910 URLs, 870 of the blocked URLs contained news and 26 news websites were blocked from November 2019 to October 2020.

20 January 2021

Turkey lifts ban on access to Uber

Turkey lifts ban on access to Uber

In a brief message shared on the official Twitter account of Uber Turkey, it has been announced that the ban on access to Uber has been lifted as of today. The court of appeals, last month, allowed Uber to work with yellow cabs.

13 January 2021

Court blocks access to reports about book claiming to reveal corruption in judiciary

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Court blocks access to reports about book claiming to reveal corruption in judiciary

The two journalists who co-authored the book face several charges while reports about the content of the book are getting blocked to access.

8 January 2021 Volga Kuşçuoğlu

Censorship on ‘Fathomless' Lake posts

Censorship on ‘Fathomless' Lake posts

A penal judgeship of peace has imposed an access block on social media platform Ekşi Sözlük’s a number of pages such as “Destruction of Dipsiz (Fathomless) Lake by governor’s permission” and “Restoration of Dipsiz Lake to its previous state.”

30 December 2020

Access blocked to reports on presidential advisor's fake high school diploma

Access blocked to reports on presidential advisor's fake high school diploma

Hamza Yerlikaya, a former national wrestler, is a senior advisor to the president, a deputy minister and the vice-chair of a state-run bank.

29 December 2020

Access block to JinNews, again

Access block to JinNews, again

Yet another access block was imposed on the website of JinNews news agency by a court decision on December 4. JinNews now publishes its news on its new address "http://www.jinnews15.xyz/”.

7 December 2020

Journalists on trial for 'marking counterterrorism officer as a target for outlawed leftist group'

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Journalists on trial for 'marking counterterrorism officer as a target for outlawed leftist group'

Having spent 155 days on remand, a journalist was released after her first hearing while a lawsuit against three journalists over their reports on the killing of Berkin Elvan, 15, during the Gezi Park protests continued.

13 November 2020 Volga Kuşçuoğlu

Access to a report was blocked four hours after it was published; it was opened 95 days later

Access to a report was blocked four hours after it was published; it was opened 95 days later

A news report by a local outlet about an investigation against a university president for "misconduct" and forgery of documents" has been reopened to access.

4 November 2020 Hikmet Adal

Access block to JinNews, ETHA and Yeni Demokrasi news websites

Access block to JinNews, ETHA and Yeni Demokrasi news websites

The Information and Communication Technologies Authority (BTK) has blocked access to the “jinnews10.xyz” news website as well as to the websites of the Etkin News Agency (ETHA) and daily Yeni Demokrasi (New Democracy).

30 October 2020

Access block to vice minister’s Charlie Hebdo tweet in France

Access block to vice minister’s Charlie Hebdo tweet in France

In France, an access block has been imposed on the tweet of Vice Minister of Culture and Tourism Dr. Serdar Çam, who used swearwords in addressing the weekly satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo after it published a cartoon of Erdoğan.

29 October 2020

Jinnews censored for the 11th time

Jinnews censored for the 11th time

The Information and Communication Technologies Authority (BTK) has blocked access to the "jinnews8.xyz" address of the Jinnews women’s news website.

23 October 2020

20 journalists arrested, 20 journalists attacked in Turkey in 9 months

20 journalists arrested, 20 journalists attacked in Turkey in 9 months

According to the Report on Violations of Freedom of Thought and Expression prepared by CHP MP Sezgin Tanrıkulu, 29 journalists-publishers-writers were convicted and 57 journalists faced an investigation-lawsuit in the first 9 months of 2020.

23 October 2020

ECtHR requests Turkey’s defense in sendika.org case

ECtHR requests Turkey’s defense in sendika.org case

In the lawsuit filed into the access blocks on sendika.org news website, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has requested Turkey’s defense.

20 October 2020

Judgeship rejects objection to access block on daily Yeni Yaşam

Judgeship rejects objection to access block on daily Yeni Yaşam

The judgeship of peace has rejected Yeni Yaşam newspaper's appeal against the access block imposed on its website “www.yeniyasamgazetesi1.com".

15 October 2020

Court rejects appeal against access block to Mesopotamia Agency

Court rejects appeal against access block to Mesopotamia Agency

The 22nd web address of the news agency was blocked on September 30.

Access block to Nupel news website

Access block to Nupel news website

An access block has been imposed on Germany-based news website Nupel in Turkey. Editor-in-Chief Aslan has protested the block on social media.

Access block to Rûdaw news website

Access block to Rûdaw news website

The Balıkesir 2nd Penal Judgeship of Peace has imposed an access block on the Rûdaw news website, which is based in Erbil in the Iraqi Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) and also publishes news in Turkish.

Access block to 3 news websites

Access block to 3 news websites

The Information and Communication Technologies Authority (BTK) has blocked access to sendika.org, Mezopotamya Agency and Yeni Demokrasi news websites upon the decision of the penal judgeship of peace.

'Local courts ignore Constitutional Court decisions against blocking access to news sites'

'Local courts ignore Constitutional Court decisions against blocking access to news sites'

The access block on Sendika.org has not been lifted by the local court despite two decisions by the Constitutional Court.

18 September 2020 Hikmet Adal

Second ruling of right violation for the access block to sendika.org news website

Second ruling of right violation for the access block to sendika.org news website

Combining 17 individual applications about the issue, the Constitutional Court has once again concluded that 62 access blocks imposed on sendika.org news website and successive websites have violated freedom of expression and press.

15 September 2020

Access block to GaBiLe LGBTI+ dating and chat site: ‘This is censorship’

Access block to GaBiLe LGBTI+ dating and chat site: ‘This is censorship’

The Ankara 7th Penal Judgeship of Peace has ordered an access block to gabile.com, a dating and chat site sharing news and articles about the LGBTI+ community. Yıldız Tar from the Kaos GL Association has spoken to bianet about the block.

15 September 2020 Sakine Orman

Court blocks access to news on seizure of İstanbul Municipality’s non-seizable loan

Court blocks access to news on seizure of İstanbul Municipality’s non-seizable loan

An access block has been imposed on the news regarding the Met-Gün Construction company’s seizure of the non-seizable loan received by the İstanbul Metropolitan Municipality from abroad to finance its subway project.

7 September 2020

Access to Jin News blocked for 10th time

Access to Jin News blocked for 10th time

The website has been banned for 10 times in less than three years.

Access Block on Independent Turkish

Access Block on Independent Turkish

An access block has been imposed on the Independent Turkish news website as per the administrative measure implemented by the Information and Communication Technologies Authority (BTK).

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