By Curt on Mar 28, 2008 in Amir Farshad Ebrahimi, Iran, Turkey, Imprisoned bloggers | 0 Comments
Amir Farshad Ebrahimi, Iranian journalist and blogger living in Germany, was detained in Turkey for the last two days.
Ebrahimi was arrested at the request of Iranian authorities yesterday when he got off a flight from Germany at an Istanbul airport.
According to Ebrahimi, an Iranian intelligence officer who identified himself as Mohammad Taghi Esfahani presented an […]
By Curt on Mar 25, 2008 in Slide, Blocked, Turkey | 0 Comments
Turkey has banned Slide, the photo widget, according to Venture Beat. It’s another one of those all-too-popular “insulting to the founder” type objections. There were (or weren’t) photos that were (or weren’t) insulting to the founder of modern Turkey (Ataturk).
Slide is speaking to the Turkish government and reaching out to Turkish users. Let’s hope they […]
By Curt on Jan 19, 2008 in YouTube, Turkey | 0 Comments
After a block last year, it looks as though Turkey has banned YouTube yet again, according to Wikinews, via Wikinews Reports.
The popular video website YouTube has been blocked in Turkey once more. Several sources quote complaints against a video that insults Atatürk, founder and first president of the Republic of Turkey, as the reason […]
By Curt on Sep 18, 2007 in Google, YouTube, Censorship, Turkey | 1 Comment
Turkey’s blocked the Google-owned video-sharing site YouTube again, according to Agence France Presse (via MEY).
The decision followed a complaint by a resident in the eastern city of Sivas that the site hosted videos containing insults against Turkey’s founding father Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, President Abdullah Gul, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan and the army, the Anatolia […]
