[Air-L] Details on data retention in Turkey?

[Ogan, Christine L.]

I think you could safely say that everyone is watched for any reason on all their devices regardless of the reasonable decision to obtain court orders for shutting down web sites.  

See this website for a list of the documented 50,918 sites that have been shut already (but by the time you check it out, that number may have increased). http://engelliweb.com 
I hope that helps, 

But don't take my word.  Here is a quote from Turkish Internet Rights activists Yaman Akdeniz and Kerem Altiparmak. "“Between May 2007 and July 2014 Turkey blocked access to approximately 48,000 websites,” based on a recently updated law. Akdeniz and Altiparmak added that “Although the law is ostensibly aimed to protect children from harmful content, from the very beginning it has been used to prevent adults’ access to information.” It came from a Forbes web site.  And here is a website they manage:  http://privacy.cyber-rights.org.tr   Also a link to more information by someone who was covering the Internet Governance Forum in Istanbul that was held this month:  http://www.dw.de/turkey-faces-criticism-as-host-of-the-internet-governance-forum/a-17899512 

Best regards,

Christine Ogan
Prof. Emerita
School of Informatics and Computing
School of Journalism
Indiana University



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From: Air-L [air-l-bounces at listserv.aoir.org] on behalf of Oliver Leistert [leistert at mail.uni-paderborn.de]
Sent: Wednesday, September 10, 2014 6:44 AM
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Subject: [Air-L] Details on data retention in Turkey?

Hi,

so Turkey passed a bill to shut down websites without court orders. This
is what makes the headlines:

http://online.wsj.com/articles/turkey-tightens-grip-over-the-internet-1410279325

But the news also state that data of users will be retained. Has anyone
on this list futher details about this Turkish data retention scheme?

Thank you,
Oliver
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