Tag Archives: Censorship Turkey

Al-Monitor: Jailed cartoons of Turkey – Pınar Tremblay

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Political cartoons as a form of graphic protest still have an effect on the body politics of Turkey. Even those who may not understand Turkish can see the message in a caricature. Cartoons make us not only smile, but promptly locate the undeniable truth in our minds. Erdogan is aware of this power, hence there is a Wikipedia entry in Turkish, ”Cartoons [...] → Read the full article…

Bianet: Censored Magazine Issue Published As Book in Turkey

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Metis Publishing House released the book version of “Gezi Resistance” issue of NTV Tarih, a popular history magazine that was closed down due to its attitude towards Gezi protests. Metis Publishing House released the book version of “Gezi Resistance” issue of NTV Tarih [History in Turkish]. Doğuş Group’s NTV Tarih magazine was halted before the aforementioned issue came out. Metis [...] → Read the full article…

Amnesty International Report: Gezi Park Protests – Brutal Denial of the Right to Peaceful Assembly in Turkey

In a major report issued today, Amnesty International has given compelling and comprehensive documentation of Gezi events, providing detailed evidence of Turkish authorities suppression of freedom of assembly and expression. At least eight thousand injured, at least five confirmed deaths (with strong evidence linking at least three of these deaths to police abuse), many thousands detained. As this powerful video [...] → Read the full article…

New York Times: In Turkey, media bosses are undermining democracy – Yavuz Baydar

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ISTANBUL — THE protests that convulsed Istanbul and other Turkish cities last month exposed, among many other things, the shameful role of Turkey’s media conglomerates in subverting press freedom. As the social unrest reached a peak on May 31 with clashes between tear-gas-happy police officers and protesters spreading through the heart of the city, the lack of even minimal coverage [...] → Read the full article…

Hürriyet Daily News: Anonymous hacks TV watchdog for fining live streaming of Gezi protests

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The global hacking collective Anonymous has hacked the website of the Turkish TV watchdog, after it fined today the broadcasters that showed live streaming of the Gezi Park protests. Anonymous announced the operation targeting the Radio and Television Supreme Council (RTÜK), dubbed “Tango Down RTÜK,” via the Twitter account of the collective’s Turkish members. “You have fined the media organizations [...] → Read the full article…

Firat News: Eighteen journalists wounded, four others detained in Taksim

In a statement on yesterday’s incidents at Taksim Square, Turkish Journalists Association (TGC) said eighteen journalists were wounded and four others beaten and detained by police while covering news during the daylong protests at Taksim Square on Tuesday. TGC called on the government, the opposition and the media to active duty to ensure the safety of journalists and underlined that [...] → Read the full article…

Technosociology: It takes a quiz show host: #Occupygezi and culture jamming aganist censorship Turkey

I’ve written about the abject failure of Turkish media to adequately cover the news of the most important protests in the country since the 1980 coup. Many media outlets aired irrelevant documentaries and talk shows (talk show about legal definitions of theft, cooking shows, dolphin training, etc) while clashes spread to dozens of provinces and many neighborhoods in many major [...] → Read the full article…