Efe Kerem Sözeri

Efe Kerem Sozeri

Efe Kerem Sözeri is a Turkish freelance researcher who lives in the Netherlands. After studying political science in Istanbul, he moved to Amsterdam to study migrants' political behavior. Besides his academic work, he regularly writes on internet freedom and censorship in Turkey.

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Mapping Turkey’s Twitter-troll lynch mobs

Turkey's trolls are taking over Twitter—and their calls for violence are turning into real attacks.

On Oct 22, 2015 by Efe Kerem Sozeri

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Newspaper editor arrested for insulting Turkey’s president on Twitter

Turkey's crackdown on journalists continues.

On Oct 13, 2015 by Efe Kerem Sozeri

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Here’s how Turkey can detain those Vice journalists on ‘terrorism’ charges

Technically speaking, this is legal.

On Sep 1, 2015 by Efe Kerem Sozeri

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Turkish student detained for terrorism after tweeting about a dead soldier

Turkey's crackdown on free speech continues.

On Aug 19, 2015 by Efe Kerem Sozeri

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Turkey responds to deadly bombing by censoring social media, news sites

Even if online censorship worked, they were awfully late.

On Jul 22, 2015 by Efe Kerem Sozeri

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Turkey paid Hacking Team $600K to spy on civilians

It's hard to imagine this practice surviving the courts.

On Jul 7, 2015 by Efe Kerem Sozeri

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How Twitter censored my tweet—and how I convinced it to change its mind

Twitter obey's Turkey's censorship requests, but it can also listen to reason.

On Apr 13, 2015 by Efe Kerem Sozeri

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Turkey censors Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, news sites over terrorist photo

Turkey's censorship machine strikes again.

On Apr 6, 2015 by Efe Kerem Sozeri

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Ban against a single blog post leads Turkish ISPs to censor all of WordPress

Turkey tried to censor a single blog post. It got far worse.

On Apr 1, 2015 by Efe Kerem Sozeri

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Turkey quietly escalating online censorship of atheism

It's not a good look for the Muslim-majority country.

On Mar 4, 2015 by Efe Kerem Sozeri

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Uncovering the accounts that trigger Turkey’s war on Twitter

Twitter's helping cover up massive alleged corruption.

On Jan 31, 2015 by Efe Kerem Sozeri