One of Turkey’s largest social communication platforms Sour Dictionary an access block that surprised me last night had been brought.
In the decision that was added to the website of the BTK last night, “Access is blocked by the decision of the information technologies and communication institution dated 21/02/2023 and numbered 490.05.01.2023.-100029” it was said. In the first statement made on Ekşi Sözlük’s Twitter account, “Hello, we have seen that there is a decision on the access blocking, but we do not know the details, we are trying to get information from the authorities. As we get information, we will share it” expressions were used. One of the most visited internet platforms in Turkey. Sour Dictionary A new statement has just come about the access block for the party: “Hello, our lawyer and manager arrived in Ankara in the morning to follow up on the situation. Although they made great efforts to meet with the BTK officials, they could not obtain information from any BTK officials about the reason for the access ban. AHowever, during the interrogation we made, we saw that the decision of the Ankara 4th Criminal Judgeship of Peace, dated 22/02/2023 and numbered 2023/1532, was an access ban decision. The decision has not been communicated to us yet, so we are trying to reach the decision. YIf there is a new development or if we get information, we will share it with you.”
About the access disabled, today from the names at the head of the platform Virgo Purut had spoken. Speaking to Ali Deniz Çakır from Medyascope, Başak Purut, CEO of Ekşi Sözlük, said, “BThe TK’s authority to block access was added later with Article 8/A of the Law No. 5651. Based on that article, ICTA can issue an access blocking decision without a court order, but according to the law, this access blocking decision must be based on a specific content and should not include the entire site. said.
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Purut stated that BTK did not make any statement about the issue. noted: “They didn’t tell us about the decision, but what we understand is that the decision was based on article 8/A. The decision is about the entire site. Since we cannot see what content the decision is related to, we cannot raise any objections, but we will be able to appeal when the decision goes to court.” Purut criticizing the decision made,“It is unconstitutional to remove a site entirely from public access. It is not the issue seen in the laws, because you will completely eliminate the function. “This is against European Human Rights, it is against the constitution and the current law,” he said.
Before the access ban was introduced, some users on social media Talking about making posts targeting Ekşi Sözlük, Purut said, said: “There is a perception operation on social media. In general, content with screenshots is instantly removed when we are notified. They are trying to create a perception as if we are persistently keeping the contents on the site that we have removed upon complaint. I do not know if these perception operations were carried out to achieve the result or to normalize the result, but there is a possibility that these operations were carried out in order to influence the public.”
Purut stated that they talked about some rules before the access to the site was blocked., “Not all content can be audited, but we were going to add to our site’s rules about whether some content that will create anger needs confirmation. We thought that there was such a deficiency in the chaotic environment of the earthquake.” said.