Criminal Complaint Against GSM Operators and BTK

Kahramanmaraş-centered earthquakes that caused serious destruction in at least 10 provinces of Turkey on February 6 echoes continue. While some of them are focused only on the lives under the rubble, others are the institutions they deem responsible for this earthquake. striving to account.

A non-governmental organization operating in the fields of GSM operators’ right to receive information, freedom of expression and freedom of the press, taking action regarding the service interruption after the earthquake. Media and Law Studies Association (MLSA), about mobile operators and Information Technologies and Communications Authority (BTK) in a criminal complaint found. So what does the association accuse BTK and mobile operators of?

Abuse of office, obstruction of communication and deliberate negligence…

Media and Legal Studies Association, mobile operators “blocking of communication (TCK art. 124)”, “deliberate negligence (TCK m.85/2)” And “wounding by negligence (Article 86 of the TCK)” he accuses. In the criminal complaint against BTK, in addition to the reasons in mobile operators, “abuse of power (TCK art. 257)“He is also guilty of the aspect.”At a time when people are trying to hold on to life with social media messages, this negligence, this irresponsibility is unacceptable.saying ” Lawyer Veysel Ok, Co-Director of the Media and Law Studies Association The statement made by:

“GSM operators avoid accountability”

“While citizens all over Turkey mobilized to help earthquake victims, GSM operators, which provide the most expensive communication and internet services in the world, are still in the disaster area. has not improved its services. Journalists are unable to do their job, and even worse, search and rescue efforts are disrupted.

GSM operators still offer citizens as a solution.Use your phones less‘ says. The same operators removed the recently advertised ‘drone base stations’ pages from their websites one by one. When we try to reach them, they say ‘Authorities at the crisis meeting’. Obviously, for some reason, instead of trying to facilitate the communication of citizens, GSM operators they avoid accountability. First of all, we hope that the legal authorities that respect the right to life will remind GSM operators of their responsibilities.”

If you want to reach the earthquake explanations of the operators:

“BTK took the lives of people with band narrowing application”

According to Veysel Ok, BTK narrowed the bandwidth on the day of the earthquake and restricted access to Twitter and TikTok in particular, taking people’s lives it was nothing else. Veysel Ok spoke as follows on the subject:

“A state has a duty to protect its citizens. In this context, each public institution has its own responsibilities. BTK officials cut off access to social media, which allows people to hold on to life. abused their power. This is a crime all over the world.”

For detailed information about BTK’s blocking move against TikTok and Twitter: