Internet in Turkey

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In Turkey , around 58% of the population used the internet in 2016 , which is above the global average of 51.7%. The top-level domain of Turkey is .tr .

General information

The reach of the Internet and the mobile communications sector have grown significantly in recent years. Nevertheless, especially in the southeast, there are problems with the number of connections and the data flow regulation.

On the ICT Development Index , Turkey ranks 68th in the world and in 38th place among the 40 European countries.

Most users access the Internet from universities , at work, or in Internet cafes . Poor infrastructure , which is particularly prevalent in the east of the country, and the lack of stable power supply mean that in certain areas a private Internet connection is rare. The prices for a stable connection are falling, but they remain too expensive for the majority of the population. There are around 150 internet providers in Turkey. The state-financed Türk Telekom operates 81% of the Internet connections.

history

Use of the Internet in Turkey

The first internet connection in Turkey was established on April 12, 1993.

Law number 5651

The law number 5651, the public has the task of cyber crime to protect. It came into force in 2007.

In 2011, the Communication and Technology Authority (BTK for short) announced a nationwide filter program designed to protect the population from dangerous content . However, it did not filter out any terrorist propaganda.

In February 2014, Law 5651 was tightened.

Under Erdoğan

In May 2013, a protest movement began in Gezi Park in Istanbul , which swelled into Turkey's largest protest. The police used tear gas to keep it under control. The protest also showed the complexity of the traditional Turkish media, which from the point of view of the citizens did not report neutrally. This helped sites like YouTube , Twitter, and Facebook rise as independent sources of information. President Erdoğan described social networks as the greatest threat to society . Numerous people were subsequently arrested for illegal communications and illegal research.

censorship

Internet censorship is a popular method in Turkey to deny critics and opposition groups the opportunity to exert influence.

In April 2013 there were 29,000 blocked websites on the Turkish Internet. That was a good 10,000 more than in February 2012. In May 2015 there were over 80,000 blocked websites.

Pages such as YouTube, Facebook and Twitter, but also international blogging websites, have so far been temporarily made inaccessible. In January 2015, Turkish state forces threatened Twitter with a complete shutdown of the site if they did not take the left-wing newspaper Birgün, which reported on arms deliveries to the war zone of Syria ordered by the secret service, offline. Twitter responded by deleting the newspaper's page and the pages that shared those articles.

One of the better-known cases is that of the pianist and composer Fazil Say , who was sentenced to a suspended sentence of ten months for blasphemy as a result of several tweets critical of Islam. One user was jailed for nearly 10 years for spreading terrorist propaganda on Facebook. In July 2015, five pro Kurdish political blogs were blocked on the Wordpress blogger platform .

See also

Web links

Commons : Internet in Turkey  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Internet Users by Country (2016) Internetlivestats.com (English). Last accessed on December 31, 2017
  2. ↑ INTERNET USAGE STATISTICS The Internet Big Picture Internet World Stats. Last accessed on December 31, 2017
  3. ↑ http://www.itu.int/en/ITU-D/Statistics/Documents/publications/mis2014/MIS_2014_Exec-sum-E.pdf
  4. ↑ 22 Years of The Internet in Turkey . In: Internet Society . April 12, 2015. Archived from the original on March 25, 2016. Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved March 23, 2016. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.internetsociety.org
  5. ↑ http://www.internetworldstats.com/euro/tr.htm
  6. ↑ http://www.wipo.int/wipolex/en/details.jsp?id=11035
  7. ↑ Wendy Zeldin: Turkey: Law on Internet Publications Amended . In: Global Legal Monitor, Library of Congress . February 24, 2014. Retrieved May 10, 2017.
  8. ^ SPIEGEL ONLINE, Hamburg Germany: Turkish star pianist: Fazil Say convicted of blasphemy - SPIEGEL ONLINE - culture. Retrieved March 16, 2017 .