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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
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...
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...
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TECH AND GADGETS
Dutch minister Koenders to investigate Amnesty claims
Dutch politician and diplomat Bert Koenders will travel to Turkey later this week to investigate differing reports covering the treatment of migrants, and specifically allegations that...
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Three arrests as Turkey cracks down on academics who called for...
Academics Esra Mungan, Kıvanç Ersoy, and Muzaffer Kaya have been arrested on grounds of supporting terror having made a declaration denouncing military action in Turkey's...
TURKEY
Turkey implements new economic measures to stem financial crisis
The Istanbul Stock Exchange (BIST) has converted all cash assets to Turkish Lira in a bid to counteract Turkey's deepening financial crisis, ten minutes...
Explosion and gunfire at Izmir courthouse police checkpoint
An explosion has been reported outside a courthouse in Izmir, Turkey. The attack is said to have targeted a police checkpoint outside the buildings...
Marked With a Cross: The Academics Who Asked for Peace
The doors of two academics at Ankara's prestigious Gazi University have been marked with extremist slogans and a cross - which some say is...
Turkey denies right to seek information following Taksim bombing
Twitter and Facebook have been blocked by throttling for more than 24 hours following the bombing on Istiklal Street, Taksim, Istanbul yesterday.
https://twitter.com/TurkeyBlocks/status/711307124136083456
As shown in data compiled...
Did Merkel just seal the fate of Turkey’s imprisoned journalists and academics?
Observers were taken by surprise as German Chancellor Angela Merkel appeared to side with Turkish President Erdogan on Monday, denouncing caricatures of his crackdown on freedom of speech...
OPINIONS
Terror attack on Istiklal Street, Taksim in Istanbul
Reports are coming in of several dead, seven wounded as an explosion hits Taksim central Istanbul.
Roads have been blocked and access to the area is...
