Suzan Fraser

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Turkish government lifts Twitter ban

Suzan Fraser · April 3, 2014 6:18 pm

Turkish court backs Twitter but site still blocked

Suzan Fraser · March 29, 2014 7:21 am

Members of the Turkish Youth Union hold cartoons depicting Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan during a protest against a ban on Twitter, in Ankara, Turkey, Friday, March 21, 2014. Turkey's attempt to block access to Twitter appeared to backfire on Friday with many tech-savvy users circumventing the ban and suspicions growing that the prime minister was using court orders to suppress corruption allegations against him and his government. Cartoon in center reads: Erdogan, left, to his Ankara Mayor Melih Gokcek " we will rip out the roots of Twitter." Gokcek: "don't say it." (AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici)

Turkish court orders halt to Twitter ban

Suzan Fraser · March 26, 2014 12:23 pm

Members of the Turkish Youth Union hold cartoons depicting Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan during a protest against a ban on Twitter, in Ankara, Turkey, Friday, March 21, 2014. Turkey's attempt to block access to Twitter appeared to backfire on Friday with many tech-savvy users circumventing the ban and suspicions growing that the prime minister was using court orders to suppress corruption allegations against him and his government. Cartoon in center reads: Erdogan, left, to his Ankara Mayor Melih Gokcek " we will rip out the roots of Twitter." Gokcek: "don't say it." (AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici)

Turkey: Twitter allows ‘character assassination ‘

Suzan Fraser · March 22, 2014 7:24 pm

Turkish attempt to ban Twitter appears to backfire

Suzan Fraser · March 21, 2014 5:40 pm

The opposition parties' lawmakers sit at the left with empty seats belonging to the ruling party at the right, at the beginning of a special session of the parliament in Ankara, Turkey, Wednesday, March 19, 2014. Turkey's opposition recalled parliament for an extraordinary session on Wednesday to initiate debate over corruption allegations against Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan's government less than two weeks before local elections that are seen as a referendum over his rule.(AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici)

Turkish ruling party blocks airing of graft claims

Suzan Fraser · March 19, 2014 4:45 pm

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan addresses a rally of his Justice and Development Party in Elazig, Turkey, Thursday, March 6, 2014. Turkey hold nationwide municipality elections on March 30, 2014.(AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici)

Turkish PM threatens to ban Facebook, YouTube

Suzan Fraser · March 7, 2014 11:52 am

In this Tuesday Jan. 14, 2014 file photo, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan addresses his supporters at the parliament in Ankara, Turkey. An opposition party leader on Tuesday Feb. 25, 2014, called on Turkey's prosecutors to launch an investigation into Erdoğan for alleged corruption, a day after the disclosure of audio recordings purportedly of him ordering his son to dispose of vast amounts of cash amid a graft investigation.

Turkish PM investigated for corruption

Suzan Fraser · February 25, 2014 5:50 pm

Passengers of private Turkish company Pegasus leave the plane at the Sabiha Gokcen Airport in Istanbul, Turkey, Friday, Feb. 7, 2014. An official says authorities have subdued a man who attempted to hijack a Turkish plane to Sochi, Russia, and that the other passengers have been evacuated. Huseyin Avni Mutlu, the Istanbul governor, says on Twitter that "the operation has ended." In another tweet Friday, he said all passengers were evacuated "without any problems."(AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)

Sochi hijack attempt over Ukrainian prisoners

Suzan Fraser · February 8, 2014 1:13 pm

Turkish private company Pegasus passenger plane at the Sabiha Gokcen Airport in Istanbul, Turkey, Friday, Feb. 7, 2014, after a Ukrainian passenger on board Istanbul-bound flight claimed there was a bomb on board and tried to hijack the plane to Sochi, Russia, where the winter Olympics are kicking off, an official said. All 110 passengers aboard the plane were evacuated "without any problems" after authorities subdued the man who attempted to hijack the Turkish plane to Sochi, Russia.(AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)

Attempt to hijack Turkish plane to Sochi foiled

Suzan Fraser · February 8, 2014 2:13 am

In this picture taken late Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2014, Oktay Vural, a leading deputy from the opposition Nationalist Action Party, MHP, holds up a placard during a parliamentary debate in Ankara, Turkey, shortly before Turkey's Parliament approved legislation that would tighten government controls over the Internet. Legislators approved measures which would allow Turkey's telecommunications authority to block websites or remove content that is deemed to be in violation of privacy, without first seeking a court decision. Under the new law, Internet providers would also be forced to keep data on peoples' online activities and make them available to authorities when requested. (AP Photo)

Turkish Internet restrictions raise more concerns

Suzan Fraser · February 6, 2014 10:23 pm

Ruling party lawmakers, right, and the members of the main opposition brawl in Turkey's parliament during a debate over a corruption scandal that has ensnared Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan's government, in Ankara, Turkey, Thursday, Jan. 23, 2014. One opposition party legislator was hospitalized after being punched in the face. The scuffles erupted Thursday as parliament prepared to resume debate on a much-criticized draft bill that would tighten the government's control over the judiciary as it fights a corruption probe that has become one of the most serious threats to its decade in power.(AP Photo)

Erdogan’s son ready to testify over graft probe

Suzan Fraser · January 24, 2014 3:28 pm