### [2025-03-23](/feed/2025/03/23/index.md)

##### 2025 Turkish protests
# Censorship in Turkey




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1. [Over 1,400 Turkish civilians, including several journalists, are detained for participating in anti-government protests. ](/feed/2025/03/25/over-1400-turkish-civilians-including-several-journalists-are-detained-for-participating-in-anti-government-protests.md) _Context: 2025 Turkish protests_
2. [Over 1,100 Turkish anti-government protesters have been detained since the arrest of Ekrem İmamoğlu, with Turkish President Tayyip Erdoğan accusing the demonstrations of being a "movement of violence". ](/feed/2025/03/24/over-1100-turkish-anti-government-protesters-have-been-detained-since-the-arrest-of-ekrem-imamoglu-with-turkish-presid.md) _Context: 2025 Turkish protests_
3. [Anti-Erdoğan government protests spread to fifty-five of Turkey's eighty-one provinces, with Republican People's Party leader Özgür Özel estimating that over half a million protesters are demonstrating in Istanbul alone. At least 343 protesters are arrested by Turkish police. ](/feed/2025/03/22/anti-erdogan-government-protests-spread-to-fifty-five-of-turkey-s-eighty-one-provinces-with-republican-people-s-party-l.md) _Context: 2025 Turkish protests_
4. [Turkey bans the social media platform Discord after it allegedly refused to give government officials information related to "child sexual abuse and obscenity" and the murder of two women in Istanbul last week. ](/feed/2024/10/9/turkey-bans-the-social-media-platform-discord-after-it-allegedly-refused-to-give-government-officials-information-relate.md) _Context: Censorship in Turkey_
5. [The Grand National Assembly of Turkey passes a new social media regulation bill that requires foreign sites to appoint Turkish-based representatives to help monitor content, and will punish companies that don't comply with fines and throttling bandwidth. ](/feed/2020/07/29/the-grand-national-assembly-of-turkey-passes-a-new-social-media-regulation-bill-that-requires-foreign-sites-to-appoint-t.md) _Context: Censorship in Turkey_
6. [President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan vows tighter control over "immoral" social media following alleged insults to his daughter and son-in-law when they announced the birth of their fourth son on Twitter. Erdoğan specifically mentioned Twitter, YouTube and Netflix. Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu announced the arrest of a number of social media users for "insulting tweets". ](/feed/2020/07/1/president-recep-tayyip-erdogan-vows-tighter-control-over-immoral-social-media-following-alleged-insults-to-his-daughte.md) _Context: Censorship in Turkey_
7. [Turkey blocks access to the websites of Saudi Press Agency and Emirates News Agency in response to Saudi Arabia blocking access to Turkey's state-run Anadolu Agency a few days ago. ](/feed/2020/04/19/turkey-blocks-access-to-the-websites-of-saudi-press-agency-and-emirates-news-agency-in-response-to-saudi-arabia-blocking.md) _Context: Censorship in Turkey_
8. [The Constitutional Court of Turkey orders the immediate lifting of the block of Wikipedia in Turkey, ruling it a violation of the freedom of expression. In response to the news, Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy Wales says, "Welcome back, Turkey!" ](/feed/2019/12/26/the-constitutional-court-of-turkey-orders-the-immediate-lifting-of-the-block-of-wikipedia-in-turkey-ruling-it-a-violati.md) _Context: Censorship in Turkey_
9. [Turkey's Minister of the Interior Süleyman Soylu says almost 500 people were investigated and 121 have been detained for "insulting" the Turkish offensive in Syria on social media and characterizing Turkey as an "invading" force. ](/feed/2019/10/11/turkey-s-minister-of-the-interior-suleyman-soylu-says-almost-500-people-were-investigated-and-121-have-been-detained-for.md) _Context: Censorship in Turkey_
10. [Turkish police storm and shut down both Kanaltürk TV and Bugün, TV stations that have been critical of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) ahead of a general election on November 1. Baris Yarkadas, a lawmaker with the main-opposition Republican People's Party (CHP), said “We are witnessing the police entering news organizations, delivering declarations and taking over journalists’ seats—just like junta periods, this is called a police state”. ](/feed/2015/10/28/turkish-police-storm-and-shut-down-both-kanalturk-tv-and-bugun-tv-stations-that-have-been-critical-of-the-ruling-justic.md) _Context: Censorship in Turkey_