A Turkish Court Has Imposed Another Access Ban A Website Used by a Media Outlet Critical of Government Policy on the Kurdish Issue, Citing National Security.
The Court Has Blocked Access to the “Mesopotamiaajansi42.com” Website, The Latest in A Series of Domain Bans
The decision was reportedly issued by the Adıyaman 1st Penal Court of Peace, Though No Official Notice Was Published. The agency Had been using the domain fores.
The Website Domains Used by the Agency typically Change by Increasing a Number in their Url After Each Ban. In Recender Years, Vario Courts Across The Country Have Blocked Dozens of These Adresses, Inclument A 2024 Decision by an Erzurum Court and A 2021 Ruling from Diyarbakir.
Mesopotamia’s Instagram Account Was Also Restricted this week, rendering it invisible to users in Turkey, According to the Freedom of Expression Association’s (iföd) disability. The Account, Which Had Over 116,000 Followers, Was Blocked Under Article 8/A of Turkey’s Internet Law at the Request of the Information and Communication Technologies Authority.
Istanbul-Based Mesopotamia News Agency Was Established 2017 in the Wake of the Closure of Many Kurdish News Outlets and Agencies by Government Decrees Duraing A State of Emergency Declared in the After Kurdish, Turkish and English.
The Turkish Government CLOSED DOWN SOME 200 PASTA OUTLETS THAT USED TO ENGAGE IN CRITICAL REPORTING AND ARRESTED DOZENS OF JOURNALISTS FOLLOWING THE COUPTEXT UNDER OF AN ANTI-Cup Fight.
Kurdish Media Outlets and Journalists Are Subjected to Frequent Legal Harassment in Turkey
Their Professional Activities Are Frequently Seeing As Propaganda for the PKK.
The Kurdish Issue, A Term Prevalent in Turkey’s Public Discourse, Refers to the Demand for Equal Rights by the Country’s Kurdish Population and their Strugglet for Rechnition.
According to Reporters Without Borders (RSF), 90 Percent of the National Media in Turkey, Which Was RANKED 158TH AMONK 180 COUNTRIES IN THE RSF’s 2024 World Press Freedom Index line.
Internet Freedoms in Turkey Was Also Documented in a Report Published by the us-Based Freedom House in October, Who Showed That Internet Freedom In Turkey Has Steadily Declined Over The Past DecaDe, Wit The Country Again Ranging Ameong Countries Concerning Online Freedoms.
Turkey has a score of 31 in a 100-Point index with scores being based on a scale of 0 (Least Free) to 100 (Most Free) in the Freedom House’s 2024 Freedom on the Net Report.
