Dear all,

This Sunday, the Turkish voters will choose a new Parliament. Just in time, the following article went online at http://policyreview.info:

Internet censorship in Turkey
by Mustafa Akgül, Melih Kırlıdoğ

Turkey passed an internet censorship law in 2007 with the declared objective of protecting families and minors. Since its introduction, the European Court of Human Rights has ruled that this law is against the European Convention on Human Rights. This article provides an overview of internet censorship and its social background in Turkey.

http://policyreview.info/articles/analysis/internet-censorship-turkey

Best,

Uta

Academic Editor

	Uta Meier-Hahn \| Doctoral Researcher Alexander von Humboldt Institut für Internet und Gesellschaft
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