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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
Turkey to boost surveillance and signals intelligence capacity with new National...
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 throttled in Turkey after third Ankara bombing
The TurkeyBlocks internet censorship monitoring team has confirmed that Turkish ISPs have once again censored Twitter and Facebook, following a third major explosion in Ankara at...
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TECH AND GADGETS
Over 200 Istanbul Flights Cancelled Due to Bad Weather
Turkish national carrier Turkish Airlines has announced the cancellation of 246 flights to and from Istanbul due to severe weather conditions and predicted snow.
Both of Istanbul's main...
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Cumhuriyet Newspaper Website Blocked in Turkey
Internet censorship watchdog TurkeyBlocks reports that Cumhuriyet, Turkey's oldest mainstream newspaper, has been blocked selectively by some of the country's largest ISPs (Internet Service...
TURKEY
Twitter and Facebook throttled in Turkey after third Ankara bombing
The TurkeyBlocks internet censorship monitoring team has confirmed that Turkish ISPs have once again censored Twitter and Facebook, following a third major explosion in Ankara at...
Turks want their own social network to replace Facebook and Twitter
Turkish internet users inspired by rising nationalism have been calling for a more domestically driven social media experience, and potentially the introduction of a home-grown social network to replace existing services...
Stronger Together: Turkey’s accused journalists and academics join forces
On Friday morning, journalists Can Dundar and Erdem Gul were once again in the dock - on charges of "aiding terrorism" - which many believe...
RPG attack on Istanbul Vatan police headquarters
A rocket attack on Istanbul's police headquarters on Vatan Street has been reported by residents at approximately 8:15PM local time.
Eyewitness reports indicate a rocket-propelled grenade-style weapon fired towards nearby police headquarters which...
CHP Officials Take Down Peace Signs at Congress
As this weekend's Republican People's Party (CHP) congress got under way, organisers took swift action to remove a banner calling for peace.
The banner, unfurled...
OPINIONS
Istanbul Vezneciler blast targets police bus near historic Fatih district
An apparent car bomb attack has obliterated a coach carrying police forces this morning at Vezneciler in Istanbul's Beyazit district. The blast, which took place near...
