TURKEY

by A.Z. The Economist Is it going to be another summer of unrest? The question became more urgent on May 1st when Turkey’s prime minister, [more >>>]

By TIMUR KURAN* Project Syndicate DURHAM – In the run-up to Turkey’s municipal elections on March 30, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan declared that the [more >>>]

News Comes After Turkish Government Blocked YouTube and Twitter By SAM SCHECHNER The Wall Street Journal Turkish telecom companies are intercepting traffic sent to public [more >>>]

GENEVA (28 March 2014) – A group of United Nations independent experts expressed serious concern over the Government’s measures, taken in the context of forthcoming [more >>>]

“Just prior to key local elections, the total blocking of access to YouTube is a further worrying development regarding freedom of expression and is contrary [more >>>]

By Gul Tuysuz and Ivan Watson CNN The Turkish government banned YouTube on Thursday, less than a week after Ankara made a similar blackout of [more >>>]

Twitter Remains Restricted Despite Court Ruling Human Rights Watch (Istanbul) – The Turkish government’s decision to close down YouTube by administrative order is a disastrous [more >>>]

VIENNA, 27 March 2014 – By blocking access to social media platforms Turkey deliberately disregards the fundamental right to freedom of expression and freedom of [more >>>]

By SEBNEM ARSU The New York Times The Turkish government blocked Twitter on Thursday night after the social media network had been used to spread [more >>>]