Press Freedom Turkey Internet -- WEB
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- Press Freedom Turkey Internet -- WEB
- July 8, 2022
- Content Type Package
- Language English
- Transcript/Script English TV Press Freedom Turkey Internet HEADLINE: Ankara’s Website Bans Make Internet Users Experts in Circumvention TEASER: Analysts say years of internet controls created a population skilled at skirting them as bans on Deutsche Welle, VOA fail to bite PUBLISHED AT: 7/8/2022 at 720pm BYLINE: Dorian Jones CONTRIBUTOR: DATELINE: Istanbul. VIDEOGRAPHER: Berke Bas DO NOT USE FOR SECURITY REASONS. PRODUCER: SCRIPT EDITORS: JJ, Reifenrath, DJ (ok) VIDEO SOURCE (S): Original, Reuters PLATFORMS: WEB __ TV _X_ RADIO __ TRT: 3:05 VID APPROVED BY: Jepsen TYPE: UPDATE: DO NOT USE BERKE BAS NAME FOR SECURITY REASON FOR VOA Press Freedom )) ((INTRO)) Deutsche Welle and Voice of America’s Turkish Service are the latest media outlets to have websites blocked by Turkish authorities. But as Dorian Jones reports from Istanbul, people in Turkey are adept at circumventing such restrictions. ((NARRATOR)) For journalists inside Turkey, moves by the country’s media regulator to block access to Deutsche Welle and Voice of America’s Turkish Service websites come as no surprise. Ali Ergin Demirhan, editor of the news website Sendika, has been fighting court orders and attempts at blocking since 2015. ((Ali Ergin Demirhan, Sendika)) ((Male in Turkish)) “This censorship, especially on the internet, increased in Turkey in the 2010s. 2015 was a turning point; access to our internet site Sendika.org was blocked for the first time, along with 107 other websites.” ((NARRATOR)) Turkey’s media regulator, known as RTUK, in late June imposed a court order blocking access to DW and VOA Turkish … … after they refused to comply with the regulator's request that they apply for a license. Turkey ranks with China and Iran for banning sites. But even as Ankara blocks thousands of websites, internet users have become skilled at circumventing bans. [[For radio: Fusun Nebil is a technology consultant. She spoke with VOA over Skype.]] ((Fusun Nebil, Technology Consultant ((Female in Turkish)) ((Skype)) “Since 2007, for the past 15 years, the government introduced 18 changes to the internet law. All these 18 changes were a new attempt to ban or close sites because previous efforts had failed. Turkish people have learned how to avoid these bans in each of these banning attempts.” ((NARRATOR)) DW and VOA Turkish are still available on social media platforms like Twitter and YouTube. Other tools to get around restrictions include the Tor browser, which protects a user's identity and location And virtual private networks, or VPNs, create a secure private connection between a computer and the internet to get around government blocks. [[For radio: Atilla Yesilada, a political analyst at GlobalSource Partners, a geopolitical research company, via Skype]] ((Atilla Yesilada, GlobalSource Partners Political Analyst)) ((Male in English)) ((Mandatory cg: Skype)) “The government tried to ban all VPNs, and that ban is still formally in effect. But VPN is not only for people who want to access different information but for businesses. So the ban is not strictly enforced. There are dozens of VPN companies one can easily access. I pay $4 a month.” ((NARRATOR)) Turkey’s media regulator says access to VOA and DW will be restored if they get a license. But both broadcasters say this could allow the Turkish government to censor content. Such fears are well-placed, says Demirhan of Sendika, as he goes through the numerous court orders the news website is facing. ((Ali Ergin Demirhan, Sendika)) ((Male in Turkish))
- Transcript/Script TV Press Freedom Turkey Internet HEADLINE: Ankara’s Website Bans Make Internet Users Experts in Circumvention TEASER: Analysts say years of internet controls created a population skilled at skirting them as bans on Deutsche Welle, VOA fail to bite PUBLISHED AT: 7/8/2022 at 720pm BYLINE: Dorian Jones CONTRIBUTOR: DATELINE: Istanbul. VIDEOGRAPHER: Berke Bas DO NOT USE FOR SECURITY REASONS. PRODUCER: SCRIPT EDITORS: JJ, Reifenrath, DJ (ok) VIDEO SOURCE (S): Original, Reuters PLATFORMS: WEB __ TV _X_ RADIO __ TRT: 3:05 VID APPROVED BY: Jepsen TYPE: UPDATE: DO NOT USE BERKE BAS NAME FOR SECURITY REASON FOR VOA Press Freedom )) ((INTRO)) Deutsche Welle and Voice of America’s Turkish Service are the latest media outlets to have websites blocked by Turkish authorities. But as Dorian Jones reports from Istanbul, people in Turkey are adept at circumventing such restrictions. ((NARRATOR)) For journalists inside Turkey, moves by the country’s media regulator to block access to Deutsche Welle and Voice of America’s Turkish Service websites come as no surprise. Ali Ergin Demirhan, editor of the news website Sendika, has been fighting court orders and attempts at blocking since 2015. ((Ali Ergin Demirhan, Sendika)) ((Male in Turkish)) “This censorship, especially on the internet, increased in Turkey in the 2010s. 2015 was a turning point; access to our internet site Sendika.org was blocked for the first time, along with 107 other websites.” ((NARRATOR)) Turkey’s media regulator, known as RTUK, in late June imposed a court order blocking access to DW and VOA Turkish … … after they refused to comply with the regulator's request that they apply for a license. Turkey ranks with China and Iran for banning sites. But even as Ankara blocks thousands of websites, internet users have become skilled at circumventing bans. [[For radio: Fusun Nebil is a technology consultant. She spoke with VOA over Skype.]] ((Fusun Nebil, Technology Consultant ((Female in Turkish)) ((Skype)) “Since 2007, for the past 15 years, the government introduced 18 changes to the internet law. All these 18 changes were a new attempt to ban or close sites because previous efforts had failed. Turkish people have learned how to avoid these bans in each of these banning attempts.” ((NARRATOR)) DW and VOA Turkish are still available on social media platforms like Twitter and YouTube. Other tools to get around restrictions include the Tor browser, which protects a user's identity and location And virtual private networks, or VPNs, create a secure private connection between a computer and the internet to get around government blocks. [[For radio: Atilla Yesilada, a political analyst at GlobalSource Partners, a geopolitical research company, via Skype]] ((Atilla Yesilada, GlobalSource Partners Political Analyst)) ((Male in English)) ((Mandatory cg: Skype)) “The government tried to ban all VPNs, and that ban is still formally in effect. But VPN is not only for people who want to access different information but for businesses. So the ban is not strictly enforced. There are dozens of VPN companies one can easily access. I pay $4 a month.” ((NARRATOR)) Turkey’s media regulator says access to VOA and DW will be restored if they get a license. But both broadcasters say this could allow the Turkish government to censor content. Such fears are well-placed, says Demirhan of Sendika, as he goes through the numerous court orders the news website is facing. ((Ali Ergin Demirhan, Sendika)) ((Male in Turkish))
- NewsML Media Topics Politics
- Topic Tags Press Freedom Turkey
- Network VOA
- Embargo Date July 8, 2022 19:29 EDT
- Description English Deutsche Welle and Voice of America’s Turkish Service are the latest media outlets to have websites blocked by Turkish authorities. But as Dorian Jones reports from Istanbul, people in Turkey are adept at circumventing such restrictions.
- Brand / Language Service Voice of America - English