Homepage article image

How pro-government trolls are using a sexy Twitter bot to sway Turkey’s election

This isn't the only Twitter account being used for propaganda.

On Oct 31, 2015 by Efe Kerem Sozeri

Homepage article image

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

Homepage article image

Thousands join online protest to free Vice News reporter from Turkish prison

#FreeRasool

On Oct 21, 2015 by Dell Cameron

Homepage article image

New research shows Twitter drastically under-reports its censorship

The actual number of censored tweets? More like a quarter million, researchers found.

On Oct 19, 2015 by Patrick Howell O'Neill

Homepage article image

Body of another child refugee has washed ashore in Turkey

Nearly 3,000 migrants have died trying to cross the Mediterranean this year.

On Sep 18, 2015 by Dell Cameron

Homepage article image

Turkey frees 2 Vice News journalists held for aiding ISIS

But their translator remains behind bars.

On Sep 3, 2015 by Kevin Collier

Homepage article image

Turkish court charges Vice News journalists with ‘aiding’ ISIS terrorists

Human-rights groups have called on Turkey to release the journalists.

On Aug 31, 2015 by Andrew Couts

Homepage article image

Gay Middle Easterners tell U.N. Security Council about living in fear of ISIS

The council heard primarily from gay Middle Eastern men who fear persecution at the hands of ISIS.

On Aug 24, 2015 by Mary Emily O'Hara

Homepage article image

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

Homepage article image

Twitter will censor tweets in Turkey, but it won’t snitch on Turkish users

Twitter has drawn a clear line for what it'll do to its Turkish users.

On Aug 13, 2015 by Kevin Collier

Homepage article image

Turkish couple spent their wedding day feeding thousands of Syrian refugees

Forgoing a lavish ceremony, they opted to do real good and work on a bread line.

On Aug 6, 2015 by Kasia Pilat

Homepage article image

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

Homepage article image

Turkish woman allegedly kills abusive husband, becomes social media icon

Cilem Dogan hailed as feminist heroine after saying she has 'no regrets.'

On Jul 10, 2015 by Mary Emily O'Hara

Homepage article image

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

Homepage article image

Turkey just banned unauthorized social media use in schools

Stop tweeting yourself.

On Jul 2, 2015 by Curt Hopkins