Why the Turkish Constitutional Court’s Wikipedia Decision is No Reason to Celebrate
<p>The Turkish Constitutional Court (TCC) recently lifted the ban on Wikipedia and a surge of, in my view, unwarranted optimism has now sprung out of nowhere both among international and Turkish circles following the case closely. I fail to share this optimism. By all means, the lifting of the...
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| description | <p>The Turkish Constitutional Court (TCC) recently lifted the ban on Wikipedia and a surge of, in my view, unwarranted optimism has now sprung out of nowhere both among international and Turkish circles following the case closely. I fail to share this optimism. By all means, the lifting of the ban on Wikipedia is something to be happy about. But the timing and content of the TCC’s decision, when especially read through the political context in which it was handed down, do not give much reason to celebrate. </p>
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| spelling | doaj.art-7f9592c984804cbcabc19b7b9ac7be0c2022-12-22T03:04:54ZdeuMax Steinbeis Verfassungsblog GmbHVerfassungsblog2366-70442366-7044Why the Turkish Constitutional Court’s Wikipedia Decision is No Reason to CelebrateCem Tecimer<p>The Turkish Constitutional Court (TCC) recently lifted the ban on Wikipedia and a surge of, in my view, unwarranted optimism has now sprung out of nowhere both among international and Turkish circles following the case closely. I fail to share this optimism. By all means, the lifting of the ban on Wikipedia is something to be happy about. But the timing and content of the TCC’s decision, when especially read through the political context in which it was handed down, do not give much reason to celebrate. </p> https://verfassungsblog.de/why-the-turkish-constitutional-courts-wikipedia-decision-is-no-reason-to-celebrate/European Court of Human Rights, Freedom of Speech, Turkish Constitutional Court |
| spellingShingle | Cem Tecimer Why the Turkish Constitutional Court’s Wikipedia Decision is No Reason to Celebrate Verfassungsblog European Court of Human Rights, Freedom of Speech, Turkish Constitutional Court |
| title | Why the Turkish Constitutional Court’s Wikipedia Decision is No Reason to Celebrate |
| title_full | Why the Turkish Constitutional Court’s Wikipedia Decision is No Reason to Celebrate |
| title_fullStr | Why the Turkish Constitutional Court’s Wikipedia Decision is No Reason to Celebrate |
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| title_short | Why the Turkish Constitutional Court’s Wikipedia Decision is No Reason to Celebrate |
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| topic | European Court of Human Rights, Freedom of Speech, Turkish Constitutional Court |
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