Access to numerous social media platforms was restricted after 33 Turkish soldiers were killed in airstrikes in Syria\u2019s Idlib province. According to data from Netblocks, a group that monitors internet freedom, access to Twitter, Facebook and Instagram were blocked first by the Turkish national platform T\u00fcrk Telekom on Thursday 27 February at 11:30 p.m., followed by Vodafone and Turkcell soon after.<\/p>\n
Even though no official statement was issued concerning the censorship, Netblocks assessed the situation as \u201cconsistent with techniques used to filter content in Turkey.\u201d Whatsapp and Youtube were also partially blocked throughout the night. Netblocks said besides social media, no other technical faults in Turkey\u2019s internet performance were found.<\/p>\n
Cansu Pi\u015fkin from Expression Interrupted spoke with\u00a0 Yaman Akdeniz, a law professor at Istanbul Bilgi University, about this restriction. Akdeniz interpreted the ban as \u201cpolitical censorship.\u201d Emphasizing that the interference was different from the previous experiences, Akdeniz said, \u201cunlike the blocking of Wikipedia or certain news portals, there was no criminal judgeship of the peace order. The slowing down of the internet, in this case, was achieved through the collaboration of technical infrastructure providers with the Information Technologies Agency. By slowing down our access to social media they prevent our right of access to information and news. And the motivation for this censorship is political.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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