Protest in Berlin Against Death of Free Speech
Bruno Kramm, leader of the Berlin branch of the Pirate Party of Germany, was arrested last Friday. Kramm now faces prosecution under section 103 of the German criminal code for ‘insulting’ Turkish President, Recep Erdoğan. Despite the pending prosecution he is already preparing…
Piracy and Conferences in Istanbul: An Interview with a Turkish Pirate
Earlier this year Pirate Parties International arranged it’s first conference other than the General Assemblies. The conference was called Think Twice and took place in Frankfurt am Main, Germany on 22th – 23th February 2014. The concept of the conference was…
The Turkish Government Goes Pirate: Further Censorship and Surveillance Mechanisms Coming
Due to legal obstacles to prohibiting social-media sharing by political dissidents in Turkey, the government has a new strategy: to act as Internet pirates. Much different than the political pirate movement, Turkey will now try to hack into ISPs’ systems…
Is Sweden Helping Turkey to Suppress Digital Freedoms?
Is the Gothenborg-based NetClean software as innocent as it is presented or is it used for silencing political dissent? Are Turkey’s notorious attempts to limit freedom of expression on the Internet adopting yet another powerful tool? This is the question…
Call for Papers for the 2nd Think Twice Conference in Turkey
After the success of the first Think Twice Conference held in Frankfurt, Germany, where 37 speakers from 14 countries took part, Pirate Parties International are planning their second Conference in Istanbul, Turkey on 30 – 31th August 2014. The aim…
Pirates: Discovering the Planet – A Collective Project
Out of the turbulent political situation in Turkey comes an international project that is for and by Pirates. We can react to the governments of the world, as they increase surveillance and censorship on the world’s people, but we can…
Turkish Pirates Hanging Tools of Freedom on the Tree of Censorship
A bill that imposes censorship on the internet has brought great turmoil in the Turkish society. Thousands of people keep on demonstrating in the squares of the country, requesting its withdrawal and even cope with the forces of repression!
Hard Times for Istanbul’s big man
‘You arrive on Friday afternoon? Good luck.’ Damn right: Friday afternoon, Istanbul traffic-jams make Rome look like Switzerland. It takes me two bloody hours on a stinky bus to get from the airport to the city center. As the bus…
Internet and Social Media as Tools of Freedom
On 18 June 2013 a joint conference titled “Internet and Social Media as Tools of Freedom” was organized by MEPs Pawel Zalewski (EPP) and Amelia Andersdotter (Greens/EFA). The aim of the conference was to discuss the role of the Internet…
Interview with a Turkish Pirate about the Protests in #gezipark
The recent protests in Turkey started on 28 May 2013. The protests were sparked by the brutal eviction of a sit-in at Istanbul’s Taksim Gezi Park protesting at plans for the park’s demolition and replacement with a shopping mall. Korsan Partisi Hareketi (The Pirate Party of Turkey) was involved from the first days and we asked Şevket Uyanık a few questions about the situation there;
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