The New Media Congress (NMC) is a national academic event organized every 2 years by the Alternative Informatics Association. It is held each time in a different city of Turkey with a different theme. The event will be held for the 5th time on November 21-22 in Adana. This text

A draft bill related to making amendments on some laws prepared by the Ministry of Family, Labour and Social Services tries to take advantage of the Covid-19 pandemic in order to put into practice new censorship on internet and social media in Turkey. Article 56 of the draft bill suggests

The online education process in all primary and secondary as well as undergraduate and graduate education institutions during the pandemic process has brought along some questions and problems for students, teachers and academics. Teachers and academics have to be part of the online system established by the Ministry of Education

The Free Web Turkey platform, our association being among its constituents, has been established in February 2020 against interventions of censorship and against freedom of expression. Censorship in the internet environment and the number of blocked websites in Turkey has been rapidly increasing in recent years. This also restricts the

At the Internet Ungovernance Forum that we organized simultaneously with the Internet Governance Forum (IGF) held in Istanbul between September 2-5 in 2014, we wanted to take the lead in defending the Internet and creating a space where civil society organizations, activists and the public can make themselves heard. During

The Helplesness of Traditional Media and #direngeziparki #direnankara, #direnizmir: An analysis of the Alternative Informatics Association (Alternatif Bilisim)

In some recent news stories, public opinion was misled by claiming that European institutions supported the "Safer Internet" filtering system of Turkish Telecom Authority (ICTA), and "gave it full grade". In these stories it is told that "INSAFE institution has published a report praising the deployment in Turkey" (1). But