From a human rights perspective, Turkey has never been a utopia. Recent developments provide empirical evidence that Turkey has taken a turn for the worse, with its government imposing even stricter bans, blocks, and regulations that make everyday life difficult for its citizens. Unsurprisingly, Turkey was one of the last...
Internet regulations and censorship should be a thing of the past. When information is so easy to obtain at any moment from anywhere in the world, it only seems reasonable to think that most cultures would find that to be an amazing feat. In countries with oppressive governments, this freedom...
Online censorship is one of the most effective tools in preventing the spread of information in the modern era. That’s why we’ve always seen Turkey using more and more internet blackouts in the recent years. Website censorship, and other forms of surveillance have and are currently being used...
It’s starting to feel more and more like an Orwellian nightmare in Turkey as local authorities have blocked access to Wikipedia after the hugely popular online Encyclopedia refused to remove content suggesting Turkey was in cooperation with “terror groups”, according to official sources. On Saturday, the Turkish government blocked...
