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Turkey Gives Presidential Cybersecurity Agency Power to Order Internet Measures Before Court Review - Stockholm Center for Freedom

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Turkey has given a cybersecurity agency reporting directly to the presidency power to order internet and communications companies to carry out emergency measures before a judge reviews them, as part of a broader transfer of online regulatory powers from the country’s telecommunications watchdog, the TR724 news website reported. Under the law, published in the Official Gazette on Friday, the Cybersecurity Presidency can act on its own or at the r…
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With the new law presented by the AKP and accepted by the Turkish Grand National Assembly, the powers of the Information and Communication Technologies Authority (BTK) have been transferred to the Cyber Security Directorate. The regulation transfers the authority to remove content, control social network and gaming platforms, implement bandwidth restrictions, and conduct legal wiretapping to the Cyber Security Directorate. Access to online conte…

With the new law published in the Official Gazette, all powers of the Information and Communication Technologies Authority (BTK) have been transferred to the Cyber Security Directorate. It has been granted the right to remove content without a court order and to reduce bandwidth without requiring legal conditions.

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turkishminute.com broke the news on Friday, July 31, 2026.
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