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Turkey’s far-right MHP insists on firm control over online news sites

Turkey’s far-right Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) has submitted a parliamentary bill aiming to bring increased measures against what it called manipulation on digital news...

Student indicted over support for Boğaziçi protests on social media

An İstanbul court has accepted the indictment of student Beyza Buldağ for expressing support for protests sparked by the appointment of a pro-government rector...

Court releases 2 students arrested over social media posts supporting Boğaziçi protests

Two students who were arrested on Feb. 7 due to their messages on social media in support of protests sparked by the appointment of...

Social media platforms pose threat to Turkey’s sovereignty: AKP spokesman

Spokesman for Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) Ömer Çelik called social media companies the source of digital fascism and digital dictatorship, saying...

Turkey arrests 39 people for social media activities in one week

Authorities detained 39 people for their social media posts in the first week of February, the Turkish Interior Ministry said today in a statement on...

Amid Turkey’s economic woes, video of father who can afford cooking oil goes viral

Cevheri Güven Sunflower seed oil, a regular item in most Turkish kitchens, has seen a price surge of 40 percent over the past few months....

AKP executive ridiculed for claiming US President Biden has Kurdish roots

An executive from the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) has claimed that US President Joe Biden has Kurdish roots, leading to jokes and...

Turkey punishes Twitter, Pinterest over new ‘censorship’ law

Turkey on Tuesday hit Twitter, Pinterest and Periscope with advertising bans after they failed to follow Facebook and appoint a local representative to take...

Thousands detained or deported at Turkish airports for their social media posts: report

Thousands of people have been detained or deported at airports by Turkish authorities because of their social media posts, the Stockholm Center for Freedom...

Scores of women tell of unlawful strip-searches in Turkey’s prisons after AKP deputy’s denial

A number of women subjected to unlawful strip-searches in Turkey’s prisons have come forward to talk about their experiences in videos shared on social...

Erdoğan breaks YouTube’s resistance

A collective resistance put up by social media platforms against Turkey’s new law entailing heavy online censorship has been broken as a statement by...

Amnesty slams Turkey’s human rights violations under pretext of pandemic measures

Amnesty International has criticized Turkey for the authorities’ use of punitive and coercive measures in its fight against the coronavirus pandemic, which have resulted...

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