Court Says Websites Insult Army

According to an Ankara Court decision, the websites of the weekly Ekmek ve Adalet magazine and the daily Ozgur Politika newspaper were halted. All access to the websites are restricted through filters since months.

Erol Önderoğlu

An Ankara court has ordered to halt the publication of the websites of the Ekmek ve Adalet (Bread and Justice) magazine and Ozgur Politika (Free Politics) newspaper.

Due to the court order, all access to these sites will be restricted by using filters.

Judge Erdal Isik said the Internet sites "insulted Turkish armed forces."

The website of the weekly Ekmek ve Adalet magazine, "ekmekveadalet.com" is hosted by a foreign service provider.

With the Ankara court's decision on May 21, 2003, the publication of the site was halted. The court also decided to restrict all access to the by using filters. The site cannot be accessed.

"The army was insulted"

The court said that the content of the websites "insulted the Turkish armed forces," but did not provide any further concrete reasons for its decision."Free Politics" site also shut

With a similar decision reached on the same day, the publication of the website of the daily Ozgur Politika newspaper published in Europe was also halted. (EO/BB/EA/NM)

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Erol Önderoğlu

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İstanbul Üniversitesi Fransız Filolojisi Bölümü'nden mezun. 1996'da muhabiri olduğu uluslararası Sınır Tanımayan Gazeteciler (RSF) örgütünün Türkiye temsilcisi olarak çalışıyor. 1999'dan beri İPS İletişim Vakfı'nın projesi olan bianet sitesinde, Hukuki Destek Masası koordinatörü, ifade özgürlüğü editörü ve yayın yönetmeni olarak çalıştı. 4.800'den fazla imzalı haber ve makalesi bulunuyor. Bizim Gazete ve Güncel Hukuk dergisi için haber ve makaleler yazdı. Halen bianet'te Medya Gözlem Raporları'nı hazırlıyor.