Access to DW Turkish and America’s Voice news sites from Turkey has been blocked at the request of RTÜK!
At the request of the Radio and Television Supreme Council Voice of America (Voice of America) and Germany Show German Welle (DW) news sites were blocked by the Ankara 1st Criminal Court of Peace this evening. RTÜK member İlhan Taşçı blocked the access by saying “Here is freedom of the press and advanced democracy!” announced in words.
When trying to log in to emreninsesi.com, “Access is blocked by the decision of Ankara 1st Criminal Judgeship of Peace No. 30/06/2022 1 and 2022/7982” expressions are encountered.
also on dw.com “Access is blocked by the decision of Ankara 1st Criminal Judgeship of Peace No. 30/06/2022 1 and 2022/7978” statements are included.
On February 9, RTÜK announced that it would take three days for America’s Sesi, DW and Euronews not to be translated into Turkish, otherwise the websites would be blocked.
RTÜK abolished the condition of “obtaining an internet broadcasting license” for Euronews
RTÜK Member Ilhan Tasci, RTÜK announced that Euronews’ goal was to abolish the requirement of “obtaining an internet broadcasting license”.
Censorship and blocking
The Voice of America found that “it can be accessed by bypassing barriers to access, thanks to the “Psiphon” and “nthLink” program and access, where times are available to access Internet content.
VOA English points to the RTÜK sign on February 9
VOA Turkish provided the following information about the access ban from its social media account:
“The blocking of access to VOA English and DW English for RTÜK’s licensing of the audience video news on February 9 was implemented with the purchase of Ankara 1st Criminal Court of Peace”
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