Apr
16
Turkey Greets Twitter Delegation With List of Demands
Posted in: UncategorizedAmid tensions over leaks on Twitter about an ongoing graft inquiry, company representatives attempted to smooth things over with the Turkish government.
Apr
03
Turkey Lifts Twitter Ban After Court Calls It Illegal
Posted in: UncategorizedThe social media site was unblocked after a two-week ban, following a ruling from the country’s highest court that the ban violated freedom of expression.
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Mar
26
Turkish Court Overturns the Government’s Ban on Twitter
Posted in: UncategorizedIt was not immediately clear whether the ruling would be appealed or circumvented by a new court order.
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Mar
21
Turkish Officials Block Twitter in Leak Inquiry
Posted in: UncategorizedRecordings and leaked documents appeared to implicate high-ranking officials and some of their relatives and associates in a widespread corruption investigation.
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Mar
09
Turkey’s Leaders Spar Over Plan to Muzzle Social Media
Posted in: UncategorizedPresident Abdullah Gul said he would not go along with a pledge to shut down Facebook and YouTube by Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who is facing a corruption inquiry.
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Feb
10
The Lede: Turkey Deports Journalist for Criticizing Government on Twitter
Posted in: UncategorizedTurkey deported an Azerbaijani journalist on Friday for “posting tweets against high-level state officials,” according to an Interior Ministry order obtained by his newspaper, the English-language daily Today’s Zaman.
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Feb
07
Amid Flow of Leaks, Turkey Moves to Crimp Internet
Posted in: UncategorizedMany in Turkey see the new laws as an effort to stem leaks in a corruption investigation of the prime minister and those close to him.
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Jan
12
In Scandal, Turkey’s Leaders May Be Losing Their Tight Grip on News Media
Posted in: UncategorizedThe Turkish government, which has frequently had journalists fired and even jailed, may be losing its grip on the news media, as a former ally turns and Internet influence abounds.
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Nov
15
Turkey Moves to Silence Dissenters, but With One Eye on Its Image Abroad
Posted in: UncategorizedTurkey has mounted a balancing act, analysts say, of cracking down on critics of the government, but not so hard as to damage the country’s image abroad.
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Jul
24
World Briefing | Europe: Turkey: 72 Journalists Forced Out for Covering Protests, Union Says
Posted in: UncategorizedThe main opposition leader, Kemal Kilicdaroglu, accused Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan of cowing local news media into self-censorship.
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