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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
Yeni Şafak Coverup Following Doctored Beyaz Show Video: A Technical Analysis
D8 News has verified that Turkish daily Yeni Şafak attempted to cover up after publishing a falsified video which frames Beyaz Show audience members as...
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.
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TECH AND GADGETS
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...
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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...
TURKEY
Kurdish militants claim responsibility for deadly Ankara terror attack
A terror group linked to outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), The Kurdistan Freedom Hawks (TAK), today claimed responsibility for a suicide bomb attack that killed...
Pro-Kurdish Ozgur Gundem newspaper shut down
A Turkish court has ordered the closure of Özgür Gündem (loosely translated, Free Agenda) on grounds of "producing terror propaganda" for the PKK separatist group.
The...
Three arrests as Turkey cracks down on academics who called for peace
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...
Turkish journalist Ismail Saymaz under investigation following Hurriyet ByLock interview
The Istanbul chief prosecutor has launched an investigation following publication yesterday of an interview by Hurriyet investigative journalist Ismail Saymaz with David Keynes, alleged developer of the...
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...
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...
