Over the last year a record number of governments have shut down internet access and cut off social media services to control the flow of information during events of political significance, national ...
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Efe Kerem Sozeri
editor Dekadans.co
Efe Kerem Sözeri is the editor-in-chief of Dekadans.co, founded after the independent news outlet he worked for, Jiyan.org, was banned in Turkey. His freelance work on freedom of speech and censorship in Turkey has appeared on P24 and Bianet in Turkish, and on The Daily Dot and Global Voices in English.
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As monitored attentively at the festival over the past few years, a perfect storm had been brewing over freedom of expression and independent media in Turkey. It erupted fully after the coup attempt...
For some time, press freedom in Turkey has not been enjoying good health. Beyond putting pressure on the press and civil liberties, in March 2014 and once again in April 2015 the Turkish government bl...