HEADLINES
Outrage in Turkey after Facebook blocks Islamist pages and hacking groups
Islamists across Turkey are taking to Twitter to protest against the closure of several fundamentalist Facebook groups and pages. Conservative Turks, who represent a...
TECHNOLOGY
New Turkey mass-surveillance revelations indicate NSA-level capacity to track citizens
A group of Swedish programmers have spoken out against practices by their US-owned business to supply internet surveillance technology to Turkey, Forbes has revealed.
Technical...
Turkey MERNIS Citizen Database Leak: What You Need to Know
The Turkish MERNIS citizenship database has been made available for download via online Torrent file sharing services in an unprecedented leak of confidential information. The leak reveals sensitive...
HEADLINES
TECH AND GADGETS
Foreign Currency Restrictions and War Ruin Turkey Startup Dreams
Just two years ago, Turkey’s startup scene could turn a few heads. Vibrant, cosmopolitan and unafraid to challenge the status quo, young graduates and...
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Startups face new uncertainties as PayPal announces Turkey withdrawal
Turkish online shoppers and retailers face isolation from the international community following an announcement that the operations of PayPal, the global e-commerce payments provider, will cease operations in...
TURKEY
Facebook implements safety check feature for Ankara explosion
Facebook has launched its safety check feature Ankara so users can let friends and family know they're OK following this evening's bombing, which killed dozens...
Turkey shuts down TIB internet surveillance and censorship bureau
Turkey has formally shut down its Presidency of Telecommunication and Communication (TIB) as part of an ongoing crackdown on groups and individuals allegedly involved in the 15...
CHP files terrorism-related criminal complaints against Erdoğan and Davutoğlu
Turkish opposition political party CHP has reportedly taken action to launch lawsuits against president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, prime minister Ahmet Davutoğlu amongst other members of parliament on...
Turkey to boost surveillance and signals intelligence capacity with new National Security Directorate
Turkey has outlined plans to divide its MIT intelligence unit into separate foreign and domestic agencies, part of a reform intended to support the...
Twitter and Facebook Restricted in Turkey following Ankara bombing
Internet censorship monitoring service TurkeyBlocks has confirmed that Turkish ISPs including TTNet have censored Twitter and Facebook by means of bandwidth throttling.
The new blocks came...
OPINIONS
Facebook implements safety check feature for Ankara explosion
Facebook has launched its safety check feature Ankara so users can let friends and family know they're OK following this evening's bombing, which killed dozens...
