"TURKISH AUTHORITIES STEP UP CENSORSHIP OF INTERNET WEBSITES
By Gareth Jenkins
Friday, October 3, 2008
In the early hours of October 4, 2005, Turkey officially began accession negotiations with the EU. Over the previous four years, in order to secure a date for the opening of negotiations, successive Turkish governments had eased many of the restrictions on freedom of expression in the country. Since October 2005, however, the process has ground to a halt. Indeed, in some areas, it appears to have gone into reverse, particularly in the increasing attempts to censor the Internet."
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