Topic: Turkey
Turkey has implemented extensive measures to suppress free speech and control online discourse, including banning anonymous VPNs and requiring national IDs for social media accounts. The government actively blocks access to various platforms and censors content that criticizes its leaders or policies, reflecting a broader trend of censorship and surveillance. These actions pose significant threats to individual liberties and privacy rights in the country.
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Turkey Silenced Its Oldest Paper. It Took One Unnamed Post.
A paper that has printed since 1924 changed its own name this week to stay one step ahead of a…
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Turkey to Ban Anonymous VPNs
Ankara wants a VPN market where “approved” means logged and “unlicensed” means illegal, leaving Turkish users a choice between surveillance…
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Turkey To Require National ID for Social Media Accounts
Turkey’s government just found a way to put a national ID card on every tweet, post, and comment its citizens…
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Turkey Blocks 41 Social Media Accounts Over Iran War Posts
The same officials who ordered the crackdown also wrote the definition of what counts as disinformation.
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Turkey Blocks Grok AI After Posts Target Erdoğan, Atatürk, and Religious Figures
Turkey yanks the plug on Grok after the chatbot goes haywire and drags its irreverence across the nation’s untouchables.
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Turkey Cracks Down on LeMan Magazine, Blocks X Account, Over Cartoon Depicting Muhammad and Moses, Amidst Protests and Arrests
LeMan faces legal action, protests, and bans in Istanbul after a cartoon draws condemnation from Erdoğan and Yerlikaya.
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Turkey Proposes Law to Censor and Delete Unapproved Quran Translations
A sweeping new bill could let Turkey’s top clerics decide which versions of the Quran the public can read, with…
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X Blocks Istanbul Mayor’s Account, Silencing Jailed Turkey Opposition Leader Ahead of Elections
A digital muzzle replaces prison bars as Turkey cuts off Imamoglu’s last unfiltered line to the public.
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Bluesky Censors 72 Accounts in Turkey Amid Government Pressure
Bluesky’s promise of a censorship-free haven cracks as users in Turkey scramble for uncensored access through third-party apps.
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X Suspends Opposition Accounts Amid Protests Over Istanbul Mayor İmamoğlu’s Arrest in Turkey
Digital dissent meets the delete button as Erdoğan’s crackdown moves from the streets to the scroll.
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Turkey Restricts Social Media Access Amid Arrest of Opposition Leader Ekrem Imamoglu
Erdogan tightens his grip as Istanbul braces for unrest.
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Turkey Restricts Access To X, Instagram, Facebook, YouTube, and TikTok Following Terror Attack
Turkish authorities tighten their grip on digital platforms following deadly terror attack in Ankara, stifling the flow of information nationwide.