Ekşi Sözlük, a social media platform that is among Turkey’s top websites, has once faced censorship.
The order to ban the site was given by Ankara’s 6th Criminal Peace Court, according to the platform’s management.
“However, we are informed of the main points and are looking to obtain data from the authorities. We’ll put out the percentage data as we get it,” he said in a statement.
Meanwhile, EngelliWeb, a censorship monitoring platform in Turkey, reported that Ekşi Sözlük had been banned for reasons similar to “national security and the preservation of public order. “
In reaction to the blocking of the domain, Ekşi Sözlük’s management introduced eksisozluk1999. com and redirected content to this address, employing a tactic used in Turkey to circumvent online censorship decisions.
This is not the first time Ekşi Sözlük has opposed censorship. In February, the platform was criticized as part of restrictions on platforms that criticized the government’s negligence during the February earthquakes. (HA/VK)