Mapping Turkey’s Twitter-troll lynch mobs
Turkey’s trolls are taking over Twitter—and their calls for violence are turning into real attacks.
On Oct 22, 2015 by Efe Kerem Sozeri
Thousands join online protest to free Vice News reporter from Turkish prison
#FreeRasool
On Oct 21, 2015 by Dell Cameron
New research shows Twitter drastically under-reports its censorship
The actual number of censored tweets? More like a quarter million, researchers found.
On Oct 19, 2015 by Patrick Howell O’Neill
Body of another child refugee has washed ashore in Turkey
Nearly 3,000 migrants have died trying to cross the Mediterranean this year.
On Sep 18, 2015 by Dell Cameron
Turkey frees 2 Vice News journalists held for aiding ISIS
But their translator remains behind bars.
On Sep 3, 2015 by Kevin Collier
Turkish court charges Vice News journalists with ‘aiding’ ISIS terrorists
Human-rights groups have called on Turkey to release the journalists.
On Aug 31, 2015 by Andrew Couts
Gay Middle Easterners tell U.N. Security Council about living in fear of ISIS
The council heard primarily from gay Middle Eastern men who fear persecution at the hands of ISIS.
On Aug 24, 2015 by Mary Emily O’Hara
Turkish student detained for terrorism after tweeting about a dead soldier
Turkey’s crackdown on free speech continues.
On Aug 19, 2015 by Efe Kerem Sozeri
Twitter will censor tweets in Turkey, but it won’t snitch on Turkish users
Twitter has drawn a clear line for what it’ll do to its Turkish users.
On Aug 13, 2015 by Kevin Collier
Turkish couple spent their wedding day feeding thousands of Syrian refugees
Forgoing a lavish ceremony, they opted to do real good and work on a bread line.
On Aug 6, 2015 by Kasia Pilat
Turkey responds to deadly bombing by censoring social media, news sites
Even if online censorship worked, they were awfully late.
On Jul 22, 2015 by Efe Kerem Sozeri
Turkish woman allegedly kills abusive husband, becomes social media icon
Cilem Dogan hailed as feminist heroine after saying she has ‘no regrets.’
On Jul 10, 2015 by Mary Emily O’Hara
Turkey paid Hacking Team $600K to spy on civilians
It’s hard to imagine this practice surviving the courts.
On Jul 7, 2015 by Efe Kerem Sozeri
Turkey just banned unauthorized social media use in schools
Stop tweeting yourself.
On Jul 2, 2015 by Curt Hopkins
An army of volunteers is triple-checking Turkey’s election results to weed out fraud
Crowdsourcing the democratic process one ballot at a time.
On Jun 8, 2015 by Kevin Collier
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