Ekşi Sözlük Response from Turkey to MLSA and Free Web Turkey

Türkiye, European Convention on Human RightsIt is among the countries that are parties to the . These countries undertake to comply with the ECHR decisions, but the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe supervises these practices.

Third party individuals and entities 9.2 notification They can make a complaint and request an audit through the notification called. In one of these demands, internet censorship in Turkey was brought to the agenda.

Türkiye stated that Ekşi Sözlük can be accessed

MLSA and Free Web Turkey, claimed that Turkey used access blocks to silence opposition sites. In the application, attention was also drawn to the fact that access to various newspapers and sites such as Ekşi Sözlük and OnlyFans was blocked. Türkiyemade a statement about Ekşi Sözlük.

In the statement made, the reason for banning Ekşi Sözlük was: Earthquakes on February 6 It was shown that some posts made during the event “may negatively affect search and rescue activities and aid efforts.” “During the earthquake period” in the dictionarycountless“It was underlined that misleading information was shared, this situation could cause social chaos and therefore the access ban was a proportionate decision.

Türkiye also allowed access to the site, eskisozluk.com, even though it was blocked. eskisozluk1923.com He stated that he continues to broadcast via and there is no access obstacle. In addition to this statement “Also, the website App Store and Play Store It can also be accessed through applications downloaded from platforms such as. In this context, the authorities would like to point out that the website is not inaccessible and therefore the right to access information cannot be said to be affected in practice.” expressions were used. For this reason, Türkiye pointed out that the bans applied to Ekşi Sözlük are different.