Censoring the internet: The situation in Turkey

First Monday

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2002, Pages

  Altintas, Kemal ^a   Aydin, Tolga ^a   Akman, Varol ^b  

^a BILKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b NONE

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EID: 52649131960     PISSN: 13960466     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5210/fm.v7i6.962     Document Type: Article

References (22)

1. It is conceivable that pages that have explicit sexual content might not have been published directly for obscene purposes. For example, some human rights organizations have pages showing tortured women and children. Violence against females usually includes sexual assaults addressing genitals and other parts of their body. Having the relevant pictures on a Web site would clearly not be equivalent to running a porn site. See Anon., "Silencing the Net: The Threat to Freedom of Expression On-line," Human Rights Watch Report, volume 8, number 2 (May 1996), at http://www.epic.org/free_speech/intl/ hrw_report_5_96.html.
2. See Anon., "Silencing the Net: The Threat to Freedom of Expression On-line," Human Rights Watch Report, volume 8, number 2 (May 1996), at http://www.epic.org/free_speech/intl/hrw_report_5_96.html;
3. Anon., "The 20 Enemies of the Internet," at http://www.rferl.org/nca/special/enemies.html;
4. and, Anon., "Yabanci Ülkelerde Internet Hukuku (Internet Law in Foreign Countries)," at http://arsiv.hurriyetim.com.tr/dosya/internet/ alt3.htm.
5. Mustafa Akgül, Hülya Pekfirin, "_nternetin Yasal Düzenlemesi (Legal Regulation of the Internet)," at http://www.internetvehukuk.org/rythm02.asp.
6. Anon., "The 20 Enemies of the Internet," at http://www.rferl.org/nca/special/enemies.html;
7. Özgür Ukan, "Internet ve Düzenleme Kavrami: 'Üst' Kurullar ve _fade Özgürlü_ü (Internet and the Concept of Regulation: 'High' Councils and Freedom of Expression)," at http://www.internetvehukuk.org/rythm01.asp;
8. and, Anon., "Ulusal Bilgi Güvenli_i Tefkilati ve Görevleri Hakkinda Kanun Tasarisi (Draft Act About the National Information Security Agency and Its Duties)," at http://arsiv.hurriyetim.com.tr/dosya/internet/ ulusal.htm.
9. Gülden Tozkoparan, "_nternet Yayincili_inin Hukuksal Yön" (Legal Aspects of Internet Publishing)," at http://www.turk.internet.com/haber/yazigoster.php3?yaziid=1988.
10. Özgür Ukan, "Internet ve Düzenleme Kavrami: 'Üst' Kurullar ve _fade Özgürlü_ü (Internet and the Concept of Regulation: 'High' Councils and Freedom of Expression)," at http://www.internetvehukuk.org/rythm01.asp.
11. GGülden Tozkoparan, "Cofkun Ak Davasinin Tüm Ayrintilari (Complete Details of the Cofkun Ak Trial)," at http://www.turk.internet. com/haber/yazigoster.php3?yaziid=1865.
12. For more information on the Ak trial, see Anon., "Kanunsuz Su (Crime without a Law)," at http://arsiv.hurriyetim.com.tr/dosya/internet/alt5. htm;
13. Gülden Tozkoparan, "Avukat Fikret _lkiz: Sansüre Hazir Olun!, (Attorney Fikret _lkiz Says: Get Ready for Censorship!)," at http://www.turk.internet.com/haber/yazigoster.php3?yaziid=1831;
14. Gülden Tozkoparan, "Cofkun Ak Davasinda Sona Do_ru (Towards a Finale in the Cofkun Ak Trial)," at http://www.turk.internet.com/haber/ yazigoster.php3?yaziid=2826;
15. Gülden Tozkoparan, Cofkun Ak Yargitay'dan Geri Döndü (The Cofkun Ak Case Rejected by the Supreme Court)," at http://www.turk. internet.com/haber/yazigoster.php3?yaziid=3009;
16. and, "Internet'te Neler Oluyor? (What's Happening on the Internet?)," at http://www.interreks.com/guide/sansur/index.php.
17. Anon., "Kanunsuz Su (Crime without a Law)," at http://arsiv.hurriyetim.com.tr/dosya/internet/alt5.htm;
18. Gülden Tozkoparan, "Emre Ersöz'ün Ertelenen Mahkumiyeti (The Postponed Sentence of Emre Ersöz)," at http://www.turk.internet.com/haber/yazigoster.php3?yaziid=1866;
19. Anon., "Siber Haklar ve Özgürlükler Üzerine (On Cyber Rights and Freedoms)," at http://www.bthaber.net/266/menu_haber_11. htm;
20. 2000 World Press Freedom Review, at http://www.freemedia.at/wpfr/turkey. htm;
21. and, Anon., "Internet Sulusu _lk Türk (The First Turkish Internet Criminal)," at http://www.radikal.com.tr/1998/06/02/turkiye/01int. html.
22. In recapitulating the matter in court, Ersöz held that the Internet is not a public place since it is open only to the Internet users. Accordingly, even if there is an insult, the insult is not public knowledge. Moreover, he said, he had read a message about the zabita beating the blind and he somehow thought the police (and not the zabita) did the beating, for he was drunk at the time. Contributing to this confused state of affairs, he added, was a past maltreatment he had had in the hands of the police.