Tag: freedom of speech
My Interview in “Speaking Freely”
Here it is. This is probably one of the most important interviews I did for several reasons. First one is definitely the group of people I’m in. Most of them are people I’ve been following and admiring their work for a long time. That’s why you should definitely read all of them and thank Jillian…
IFLA WLIC 2019: 20 Years of the IFLA Intellectual Freedom Statement: Constancy and Change
This year I was invited to speak at IFLA’s World Library and Information Congress, as a part of a session focusing on intellectual freedom and freedom of information. As a part of the session, I talked about the current situation in Turkey and how it effects the librarians and freedom of information in general. Although…
[Where is Ahmet] Investigative Journalism Conference, July 22, Istanbul
Transparency International Turkey is organizing “Investigative Journalism Conference” in Istanbul at July 22nd. I’ll be participating in this conference as the co-spokesperson and senior editor of Jiyan, Turkish online news-analysis website. I’ll be talking at the part named “An Alternative to Traditional/Mainstream Media: Internet Journalism” and will talk about how internet gives new powers and…
The New Censorship Bill in Turkey
2014 started with a new bill proposal against free speech and internet freedom in Turkey. Down below, you can see what this new regulations brings if it passes. This list copied from Pirate Party Turkey’s blog post, which you can read here. New methods of blocking “harmful” content will be implemented. Rather than censoring…