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Social media celebrity faces 7 years in prison for flushing Turkish lira down the toilet in video

Turkish prosecutors are seeking a prison sentence of more than seven years for a social media celebrity who was briefly detained in late October...

Turkish gov’t restricts social media for 10 hours after deadly blast in İstanbul

The Turkish government imposed a 10-hour restriction on social media platforms on multiple internet providers in Turkey on Sunday following a deadly explosion in...

Pro-Kurdish party supporter gets 3 years on terrorism charges for live-streaming Kurdish songs

A supporter of the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) has been sentenced to three years in prison on terrorism charges for live-streaming Kurdish songs...

Social media celebrity detained for throwing Turkish lira into a toilet in video

Mika Can Raun, a social media celebrity, was detained after releasing a video on Instagram in which she flushes TL 100 ($5.37) down the...

10 employees at opposition-run municipality detained over alleged ‘terrorist propaganda’

Ten employees at an opposition-run municipality in southern Turkey have been detained for “spreading propaganda on behalf of a terrorist organization” on social media...

İmamoğlu slammed for criticizing Greek foundation president over interview

İstanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu has come under fire for lambasting Konstantin Yuvanidis, president of the Balıklı Greek Hospital Foundation, due to his remarks in...

People investigated in Turkey not for posting tweets but for their content: minister

In remarks that came as confusing and untrue to many, Turkey’s justice minister has said nobody is investigated in Turkey for posting tweets but...

ECtHR finds Wikimedia’s application against Turkey inadmissible

The foundation running Wikipedia on Thursday lost its bid to sue Turkey over it blocking access to the online encyclopedia in the country, as...

Turkish police investigated 106,000 social media accounts in 2021

A total of 106,000 social media accounts in Turkey were investigated in 2021 due to posts found problematic by the authorities, the Security Directorate...

Detention warrant issued for national swimmer over Erdoğan COVID tweet

Turkish prosecutors have issued a detention warrant for former national swimmer Derya Büyükuncu due to a tweet he posted about the health of President...

Opposition leader says AKP spending taxpayers’ money to fund its social media trolls

Main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu has accused Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) of having a social media troll...

Turkish lawyer prosecuted for insulting Turkish president on social media

Turkish authorities have pressed charges against lawyer Efkan Bolaç for insulting Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on social media, the Stockholm Center for Freedom...

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