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Social media platforms censor journalists’ accounts at Turkey’s request

Social media platforms censor journalists’ accounts at Turkey’s request

"They don't even bother pressing charges before detaining or censoring journalists anymore," says Ruşen Takva, one of the journalists whose social media accounts have been censored recently.

26 February 2025 Hikmet Adal

Turkey blocks access to social media platforms after Ankara attack

Turkey blocks access to social media platforms after Ankara attack

The platforms were accsible when the attack on the aerospace agency was still unfolding. Images from the agency's security camera footage widely circulated on social media.

23 October 2024

Fourteen social media users detained for praising deadly PKK attack

Fourteen social media users detained for praising deadly PKK attack

Nine soldiers were killed in a recent attack targeting a Turkish military base in Iraq’s Kurdistan region.

15 January 2024

Turkey enforces ad ban on Twitter following non-compliance with social media law

Turkey enforces ad ban on Twitter following non-compliance with social media law

The platform has failed to appoint a representative within the country and notify the authorities about the appointment, according to the country's internet authority.

Appeals court overturns social media user's sentence for calling Bahçeli a 'dotard'

Appeals court overturns social media user's sentence for calling Bahçeli a 'dotard'

The social media user had been fined for "insulting" the MHP leader.

18 April 2023 Ayça Söylemez

Arrests over social media posts about quakes rise to 43

Arrests over social media posts about quakes rise to 43

The police identified over 1,100 social media users and took legal action against 730 of them.

Twenty-nine people arrested over 'earthquake' posts on social media

Twenty-nine people arrested over 'earthquake' posts on social media

The police took legal action against 609 social media users and detained 150 of them, said the police.

Türkiye detains 138 people over social media posts about earthquakes

Türkiye detains 138 people over social media posts about earthquakes

The charges against the social media users have not been disclosed.

23 February 2023

AKP, MHP complete bill on social media, online news outlets, says MP

AKP, MHP complete bill on social media, online news outlets, says MP

The Press Law will be amended to cover online news outlets, which will have the same criminal and legal responsibility as the periodical publications.

Campaign on social media: ‘Free Çiğdem Mater’

PRISONERS OF GEZİ TRIAL

Campaign on social media: ‘Free Çiğdem Mater’

In a message shared by @freecigdemmater Twitter account, it is said that the account may be followed to send messages to Çiğdem Mater, who is currently held in Bakırköy Women’s Closed Prison in İstanbul.

İbrahim Haskoloğlu arrested

İbrahim Haskoloğlu arrested

Detained a day before, Haskoloğlu has been arrested after he tweeted the fake images of ID cards allegedly belonging to the president and intelligence chief, claiming that the persons who “hacked” the e-state system sent him the images.

2,468 social media accounts probed in a month

2,468 social media accounts probed in a month

Access blocks have been imposed on 387 websites “because they engaged in illegal activities” following a one-month probe of the Ankara Gendarmerie Command.

Writer Yavuz Ekinci sentenced to prison over Newroz, Kobanî posts

Writer Yavuz Ekinci sentenced to prison over Newroz, Kobanî posts

Put on trial for “propagandizing for a terrorist organization”, writer Yavuz Ekinci has been sentenced to 1 year, 6 months, 22 days in prison.

HDP MP Sarısaç sentenced to 1 year, 6 months in prison

HDP MP Sarısaç sentenced to 1 year, 6 months in prison

Peoples’ Democratic Party Van MP Murat Sarısaç has been sentenced to prison for “terrorism propaganda”. The announcement of the verdict has been deferred.

Put on trial over ‘Kurdistan’ post, academic Kutum acquitted

Put on trial over ‘Kurdistan’ post, academic Kutum acquitted

In the trial over the “Kurdistan” word in his social media message, academic Hifzullah Kutum has been acquitted of “terror propaganda”.

Turkey’s security directorate probes social media posts on cooking oil prices

Turkey’s security directorate probes social media posts on cooking oil prices

The Directorate General of Security has announced that it has taken action against 45 social media accounts which allegedly posted provocative messages and disinformation about “cooking oil prices” in Turkey.

Journalist Deniz Yücel fined over ‘dumbest prosecutor of Çağlayan’ quote

Journalist Deniz Yücel fined over ‘dumbest prosecutor of Çağlayan’ quote

Deniz Yücel, the former Turkey correspondent of Die Welt who spent a year behind bars in Turkey, has been given a judicial fine for “insulting” Hasan Yılmaz, the former İstanbul Deputy Chief Public Prosecutor and the current Vice Justice Minister.

9 February 2022

Warrant against former national swimmer Derya Büyükuncu over a tweet

Warrant against former national swimmer Derya Büyükuncu over a tweet

Over his tweet allegedly about the health condition of President Erdoğan, who has tested positive for COVID-19, former national swimmer Derya Büyükuncu has also been permanently deprived of his rights by the Turkish Swimming Federation.

7 February 2022

Citizen placed under house arrest over a social media post about Erdoğan’s health

'INSULTING THE PRESIDENT'

Citizen placed under house arrest over a social media post about Erdoğan’s health

Pınar Ö. has been placed under house arrest after being detained as part of the investigation launched into the social media posts about the health condition of President Erdoğan and his spouse Emine Erdoğan, who have tested positive for COVID-19.

7 February 2022

Journalist Buse Söğütlü acquitted 2 years, 7 hearings later

Journalist Buse Söğütlü acquitted 2 years, 7 hearings later

Put on trial for “turning High Criminal Court Judge Akın Gürlek into a target”, journalist Buse Söğütlü has been acquitted. But the court has filed another criminal complaint, this time on charge of “insulting a public official”.

3 February 2022

Turkey third country with most content removal requests from Twitter

Turkey third country with most content removal requests from Twitter

Twitter has released its transparency report for the January-June 2021 period.

26 January 2022

‘Insulting the President’: Lawyer Efkan Bolaç on trial again, this time over Instagram posts

‘Insulting the President’: Lawyer Efkan Bolaç on trial again, this time over Instagram posts

A lawsuit has been filed against lawyer Efkan Bolaç for “insulting the President” with two Carlos Latuff cartoons that he shared on Instagram. However, the cartoons were posted in 2014, when Erdoğan had not yet been elected the President.

25 January 2022 Ayça Söylemez

Citizens express support for HDP MP Gergerlioğlu in the face of investigation

Citizens express support for HDP MP Gergerlioğlu in the face of investigation

31 citizens have signed a joint statement in solidarity with HDP Kocaeli MP Dr. Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu, who is facing an investigation due to his social media messages about Kurdish politician and ill prisoner Aysel Tuğluk.

19 January 2022

Singer Sezen Aksu faces threats, complaint over song from five years ago

Singer Sezen Aksu faces threats, complaint over song from five years ago

Pro-government media and politicians target the singer because of a song in which she says, "Say hello to the ignorant Eve and Adam."

17 January 2022

Investigation against HDP's Gergerlioğlu over his social media post about Aysel Tuğluk

Investigation against HDP's Gergerlioğlu over his social media post about Aysel Tuğluk

With his request for visiting Kurdish politician and ill prisoner Aysel Tuğluk rejected by the Justice Ministry, HDP MP Gergerlioğlu made a press statement in front of the Kandıra Prison. He has faced an investigation shortly afterwards.

Justice Ministry doesn’t permit investigation against lawyer Bolaç over ‘diktat’ tweet

Justice Ministry doesn’t permit investigation against lawyer Bolaç over ‘diktat’ tweet

Lawyer Efkan Bolaç wrote on Twitter on July 16, 2016: “Nothing so bad but it might have been worse, we have seen this, too. The diktat enthusiasts who staged a coup against the diktat have turned the country into a fireground.”

6 January 2022 Ayça Söylemez

Academic released from arrest after 'long live Kurdistan' post

Academic released from arrest after 'long live Kurdistan' post

Hifzullah Kutum has been suspended from his post and is facing "propaganda" charges because of a social media post.

10 November 2021

ECtHR’s first ruling on ‘insulting the President’: Violation of freedom of expression

ECtHR’s first ruling on ‘insulting the President’: Violation of freedom of expression

The European Court of Human Rights has concluded that the conviction of Vedat Şorli for “insulting the President” violated his right to freedom of expression.

19 October 2021

'No case would be filed had he called Bahçeli "demented" instead of dotard'

'No case would be filed had he called Bahçeli "demented" instead of dotard'

A social media user was fined for calling the MHP leader a "dotard." A hearing was held today after the defendant appealed the decision.

15 October 2021 Ayça Söylemez

Actress Ezgi Mola fined for ‘insulting’ a former soldier facing charges of ‘sexual assault’

Actress Ezgi Mola fined for ‘insulting’ a former soldier facing charges of ‘sexual assault’

On the grounds of her tweet about discharged Specialist Sergeant Musa O., who is on trial for “sexually assaulting” İpek Er, the court has given a judicial fine to actress Ezgi Mola on charge of “insult with an audio, visual or written message.”

Criminal case against social media user for calling Erdoğan aide a 'swine'

Criminal case against social media user for calling Erdoğan aide a 'swine'

The social media user who said he was joking now faces a prison sentence or a judicial fine.

1 October 2021 Ayça Söylemez

Citizen sentenced to prison for ‘insulting Erdoğan’ with a news headline

Citizen sentenced to prison for ‘insulting Erdoğan’ with a news headline

Diken news website in Turkey covered a news report by Germany’s BILD newspaper, which said “Dictator Erdoğan” in its headline. 62-year-old Tekiner has been sentenced to 1 year, 3 months in prison for sharing Diken’s news on social media.

27 September 2021

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