The Media and Law Studies Association (MLSA) reported in its censorship bulletin for the week of 2–8 November that access had been blocked on 1–2 November to at least 207 X accounts under Article 8/A of Law No. 5651 on the grounds of “protecting public order.” The blocked accounts included those of Ayşenur Yazıcı, T. Sabri Öncü, Orkun Özeller and Cem Baykal. Istanbul 9th and 1st Criminal Judgeships of Peace separately blocked access on 1 and 2 November to the website of the Nicosia-based newspaper Havadis. Eskişehir 3rd Criminal Judgeship of Peace blocked two reports by Haberes Editor-in-Chief Ayhan Aydıner on the Kurşunlu Complex and foundation tenders in a decision announced on 3 November. Erzincan Criminal Judgeship of Peace blocked access on 5 November to Evrim Kepenek’s Bianet report published on 9 June, titled “New allegations emerge in Dersim as the Gülistan Doku investigation continues.” The Cyber Security Presidency instructed Bianet to implement the block within four hours. Access from Türkiye to JINNEWS’s X account @JinnewsTrk was also blocked on 5 November. Giresun Criminal Judgeship of Peace blocked 10 domains belonging to Anna’s Archive, Library Genesis and RandomBook on 4 November. Istanbul 1st Criminal Judgeship of Peace blocked nine dating platforms—OkCupid, Feeld, GROWLR, Zoe, Lex, Bindr, u4Bear, Disco and TheBlowers—on the same day. MLSA said the grounds for most of these decisions were not disclosed.
9 November 2026
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