One of Turkey’s largest social communication platforms Sour Dictionary The access barrier imposed for
A statement in the past making name on the platform Virgo Purut, “The decision to block access to Ekşi Sözlük has been lifted by the court as of now. Get well soon!” he said. At that time, Ankara 4th Criminal Court of Peace accepted the objection made by the platform on this issue. However, things have changed a little while ago. The 5th Criminal Court of Peace, examining the objection to the decision, definitively approved the decision to block access to Ekşi Sözlük. In this context, Ekşi Sözlük will remain closed.
minus @dictionary The access ban decision has been lifted by the court as of now. get well soon!
— Basak Purut (@basakpurut) March 2, 2023
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The latest official statement made by Ekşi Sözlük on this subject is as follows: had happened: “Hello. We were able to have a meeting with the BTK on the subject, and we also received a hand notification of the decision of the criminal judge of peace, whose decision number we shared with you before. The aforementioned decision was made in accordance with Article 8/a of Law No. 5651 with the letter of the Presidency of Administrative Affairs, General Directorate of Security Affairs; No content was used as a basis for this decision. As a reason for the blocking of our entire site, Incorrect information was given to the public by the authors of Ekşi Sözlük, the society was tried to be directed, Although the decisions to block access given by the peace judgeships are fulfilled by the management of Eksor Dictionary, public order was affected by the fact that the society could not reach the correct information during this period, especially after the earthquake, false information was given about the military and state institutions, the society was directed and the state was shown as incapable. It has been shown that the site administrators do not show the necessary reaction to false and slanderous articles, internal control is not provided, harmful posts and comments are not prevented by Ekşi Sözlük management.
As indicated in the justification, as a website subject to the legislation of the Republic of Turkey, we implement court orders and strictly fulfill all our other legal obligations. However, we use our moderation activity at the highest capacity in social events such as the recent disaster. Just as GSM operators experience disruptions in their operations due to congestion, the response rate may slow down due to the fact that the content increases much faster than normal in such events. We will work to prevent these agglomerations. However, as everyone will admit, even in these situations, our response speed is faster than any social media platform we can compare with, we have the same sensitivities as our users and readers.
In such major events, we do not see our responsibilities only within the limits of the law, we also make an effort to take action quickly as a humanitarian. Although the responsibility given to us by the law as a hosting provider is limited, we are sensitive about content that will cause outrage in the society, and we interfere with such titles and contents. We do not separate any segment, thought or person in our interventions, we always try to preserve polyphony. Although this effort does not make anyone happy today, our aim is to keep the collective memory record by conveying the thoughts of people from all walks of life, rather than making someone happy. We will take all legal remedies against the decision. If there is any development, we will share it with you. Thank you for all your support so far.”