Censorship and Self-censorship in Turkey: SEPTEMBER 2016 — DECEMBER 2017 This project has been supported by MATRA Censorship and Self-censorship in Turkey: September 2016 December 2017 Censorship and Self-censorship in Turkey September 2016 — December 2017 Censorship and Self-Censorship in the State of Emergency Prepared by Sibel Oral Özlem Altunok Seçil Epik Diyarbakır and Southeast Region Vecdi Erbay Özkan Küçük Censorship and Self-Censorship Research Murat Şevki Çoban Translation Büşra Mutlu Editorial Assistance Andrew Finkel Book Design Çağın Kaya, BEK Creative Director Bülent Erkmen Printing Mas Matbaacılık San. ve Tic. A.Ş. Hamidiye Mahallesi, Soğuksu Caddesi 3 Kağıthane 34408 İstanbul T: +90 212 294 10 00
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[email protected] www.susma24.com www.twitter.com/susma_24 www.facebook.com/susma24 Censorship and Self-censorship in Turkey: September 2016 December 2017 Contents Foreword 7 Manifesto 9 Cases 10 Diyarbakır and Southeast Region 37 Media Monitoring 44 What has Susma Platform Done? 50 Censorship and Self-censorship Research 55 Legal Expert Interpretation 58 6 CENSORSHIP AND SELF-CENSORSHIP IN TURKEY 7 Foreword The Susma Platform (Speak Up Platform) was founded in September 2016 under the auspices of P24 Platform for Independent Journalism to document censorship, self-censorship, defamation, moral lynching, and other restrictions on freedom of speech in Turkey; to exercise legal rights to defend those freedoms in such cases, and to provide avenues for solidarity, cooperation, and organization. SUSMA was founded before the 15 July 2016 failed coup attempt and the subsequent state of emergency declared on 20 July.