Information and Communication Technologies Authority

An Ankara court on May 5 rejected an appeal by Wikipedia against a previous ruling to block access to the website in Turkey following an administrative measure.

The Information and Communication Technologies Authority (BTK) stated on April 29 that it had blocked access to Wikipedia, citing a law allowing it to ban access to websites deemed obscene or a threat to national security.

It is impossible to grant access to the world's largest encyclopedia, Wikipedia, unless Turkey's judicial decisions are implemented, the head of the country's telecommunications watchdog has said.

An Ankara court ordered to ban Wikipedia in Turkey after the site’s administration refused to remove two English language pages which claimed that Turkey channeled support to jihadists in Syria, daily Habertürk reported on May 1.

The Wikimedia Foundation has appealed a Turkish court decision to block access to the world's largest encyclopedia, Wikipedia, in what is the first official step taken against the ruling that came after an administrative measure on the website.

An Ankara court ordered to ban Wikipedia in Turkey after the site's administration refused to remove two English language pages which claimed that Turkey channeled support to jihadists in Syria, daily Habertürk reported on May 1.

Turkey has blocked access to online encyclopedia Wikipedia, the country's telecommunications watchdog said on April 29, citing a law allowing it to ban access to websites deemed obscene or a threat to national security.

Institutions providing free internet service will now set up a filter system that will prevent users from reaching "crime involving content" as well as enable users' internet history to be saved up to two years, according to a recent regulation by the Information and Communication Technologies Authority (BTK) published in the Official Gazette on April 11, daily Habertürk has reported.  

An unusual anti-competition ruling was made by an Istanbul court this week. I am not a judicial person and will not make any comments regarding the court's decision. However, this idea deserves to be reviewed, especially in terms of its future effects, mainly over Turkey's struggling tourism and image. 

An Istanbul court on March 29 ordered the suspension of the activities of Booking.com, the Netherlands-based travel fare aggregator website, in Turkey in a bid to prevent unfair competition.

A penalty will be assessed to GSM operators who do not meet the quotas for usage of domestic products in adopting advanced 4G technologies, a top official has warned.