One of the most visited sites in Turkey, sour dictionary, was closed to access with the decision taken by the BTK (Information Technologies and Communications Authority). Although the reason was unknown at the beginning, successive statements and news were made today. Here are the details…
explanation by sour dictionary
“We were able to hold a meeting with the BTK on the subject, and we also received a hand notification of the decision of the criminal judge of peace, whose decision number we shared with you before. The aforementioned decision was made in accordance with Article 8/a of the Law No. 5651, with the letter of the Presidency of Administrative Affairs, General Directorate of Security Affairs; No content was used as a basis for this decision.
The reason for the blocking of our entire site is that wrong information was given to the public by the authors of the sour dictionary, the society was tried to be manipulated, although the access blocking decisions made by the peace judges were fulfilled by the management of the sour dictionary, the public order was affected by the fact that the society could not reach the correct information during this period, especially After the earthquake, it was determined that false information was given about the military and state institutions, the society was tried to be directed and the state was shown in a state of helplessness, there were posts aiming to create an atmosphere of turmoil among the sections of the society, and the site administrators did not show the necessary reaction to the wrong and slanderous articles, internal control was not provided, harmful It has been shown that the shares and comments are not blocked by the Eksor Dictionary management.
As indicated in the justification, as a website subject to the legislation of the Republic of Turkey, we implement court orders and strictly fulfill all our other legal obligations. However, we use our moderation activity at the highest capacity in social events such as the recent disaster.
Just as GSM operators experience disruptions in their operations due to congestion, the response rate may slow down due to the fact that the content increases much faster than normal in such events. We will work to prevent these agglomerations. However, as everyone will admit, even in these situations, our response speed is faster than any social media platform we can compare.
We have the same sensitivities as our users and readers. In such major events, we do not see our responsibilities only within the limits of the law, we also make an effort to take action quickly as a humanitarian. Although the responsibility given to us by the law as a hosting provider is limited, we are sensitive about content that will cause outrage in the society, and we interfere with such titles and contents.
We do not separate any segment, thought or person in our interventions, we always try to preserve polyphony. Although this effort does not make anyone happy today, our aim is to keep the collective memory record by conveying the thoughts of people from all walks of life, rather than making someone happy. We will take all legal remedies against the decision. If there is any development, we will share it with you. Thank you for all your support so far.“
Decision on the closure of sour dictionary
Gülseven Özkan from Independent Turkish states that the website was closed due to the reasons set forth in Article 8/A of the Internet Law No. 5651 in her news, which she based on an official from the Information Technologies and Communications Authority.
In 2015, with the law numbered 6639, a new article was added to the Law No. 5651 on the Regulation of Publications Made on the Internet and Fighting Against Crimes Committed Through These Publications. The following statements are included in the relevant article (8/A) titled ‘Removing the content and/or preventing access in cases where it is inconvenient to delay’:
“The Presidency or the national security and public order, prevention of crime, in cases where the judge or delay is inconvenient due to one or more of the reasons such as the right to life and the protection of life and property of persons, the protection of national security and public order, the prevention of crime or the protection of general health. or upon the request of the Ministries related to the protection of general health, the President may decide to remove the content and/or block the access regarding the broadcast on the internet.
With this law, access can also be blocked due to the commission of crimes such as ‘directing to suicide, sexual abuse of children, facilitating drug use, supplying dangerous substances for health, obscenity’.