Reporters Without Borders criticized the application of the internet filtering system in Turkey and also the access bans to many sites. Even though the list of ...»

Prime Minister Erdoğan gave an account on topics such as press freedom, internet censorship, military service and the recent incidents in Hopa in the course of ...»

On 25 May, the Internet Committee organizes a meeting with non-governmental organizations, public representatives and experts to discuss the much disputed internet filter system. The application ...»

Tens of Thousands of people took the streets in 31 Turkish provinces on 15 May to demonstrate against the "Draft Bill on Rules and Procedures of ...»

The Telecommunication Communication Presidency banned 138 words and terms from the internet. The list also includes words used in everyday life. The number of access bans ...»

The IPS Communication Foundation/bianet brought a compulsory filter program for all internet subscribers in Turkey before the Council of State. The new regulation enables the Council ...»

The Facebook Turkey team apologized to journalist Çakır for closing down his account and the "Homology" group he administers "by mistake". Access to another group that ...»

The European Court of Human Rights examines two applications from Turkey regarding cases of internet censorship in 2009. Turkish authorities were allowed time till 9 June ...»

Three years after the access ban of YouTube, the video sharing site Vimeo.com was temporarily banned as well. The Telecommunication Communication Presidency blocked access for a ...»

Without a related court decision, the Telecommunication Communication Presidency banned access to the Playboy website because of a technical inspection. The ban comes right before the ...»

2,000 people from various organizations and institutions demonstrated in Istanbul against internet censorship in Turkey. The organizers and supporters appreciated the large number of participants and ...»

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 ...»

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 ...»

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 ...»

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 ...»

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 ...»

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 ...»

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 ...»

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 ...»

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

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 ...»

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. ...»

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. ...»

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 ...»

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 ...»

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 ...»

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 ...»

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 ...»

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 ...»