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Turkey: Government Targeting Academics

Human Rights 14 May 2018

Kerem Altıparmak, a member of the faculty who remains, told Human Rights Watch that during the previous fall and spring semesters no new students could be accepted into the human rights program as a result ... Kerem Altıparmak said he was refused permission on five occasions to leave the country to attend conferences on international human rights and the state of emergency in Turkey....

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Turkish judge bans access to Supreme Court ruling

The Daily Dot 13 Jul 2017

Kerem Altıparmak, a legal scholar from Ankara University, says the Supreme Court rulings are public information for anyone to use as a reference, pointing out that the local judge did not consider public interest while acting to protect personal rights....

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Inside Turkey’s war on Wikipedia

The Daily Dot 09 May 2017

Confirmed ... — Turkey Blocks (@TurkeyBlocks) April 29, 2017 ... — BTK (@BTKbasin) April 30, 2017 ... This fast track censorship of online content had been by legal scholars Yaman Akdeniz and Kerem Altıparmak for lacking judicial qualification. Talking to Voice of America, Altıparmak said the local court’s ban violates Turkey’s obligations under international law ... Yaman Akdeniz and Kerem Altıparmak appealed against the decision today ... ....

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News sites suspected of "endangering national security" blocked following coup attempt

The Oslo Times 19 Jul 2016

July 19, NY ... Under Turkish law, a government order blocking a website must be endorsed by an Ankara judge after the event ... Human rights lawyer Yaman Akdeniz told RSF that he and a colleague, Kerem Altıparmak, have filed 25 requests with Turkey's constitutional court calling for the quashing of legislative provisions that allow officials to block sites on “national security” or “public order” grounds....

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