Sunday, August 3, 2025
Nordic Monitor
No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • Extremism
  • Military
  • Terrorism and Crime
  • Intelligence
  • Foreign Policy
  • Contact Us
    • Give us a tip!
  • About Us
  • Home
  • Extremism
  • Military
  • Terrorism and Crime
  • Intelligence
  • Foreign Policy
  • Contact Us
    • Give us a tip!
  • About Us
No Result
View All Result
Nordic Monitor
No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • Extremism
  • Military
  • Terrorism and Crime
  • Intelligence
  • Foreign Policy
  • Contact Us
  • About Us

Judge ordered access block or removal of Nordic Monitor thread on Erdoğan plot to wage war in Syria

March 11, 2019
A A
Judge ordered access block or removal of Nordic Monitor thread on Erdoğan plot to wage war in Syria
Share on FacebookShare on Twitter

 

An Ankara court has blocked access to a Twitter posting by Nordic Monitor that exposed how the Turkish judiciary in January 2019 authenticated a leaked voice recording that revealed top Turkish officials debating a plot to stage a false flag incident in order to intervene militarily in Syria.

The decision to block Nordic Monitor’s Twitter thread was made by judge Ali Keles of the Ankara 2nd Penal Court of Peace on Jan. 31, 2019, a day after the government of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan filed a petition to that effect. The judge’s order cited “national security” as justification for his decision, which ordered Twitter to remove or block access to the content.

The article that was referenced on Twitter was titled “Turkish court authenticates audio that revealed spy agency MIT’s false flag in Syria,” which was published on Nordic Monitor’s website in January 2019. The article reveals how a Turkish court confirmed the authenticity of a leaked audio clip in which top-ranking Turkish officials are heard discussing the possibility of an intervention in Syria in a false flag operation conducted by Turkish intelligence agency MİT.

In the leaked recording, then-Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu, then-Foreign Ministry Undersecretary Feridun Sinirlioğlu, MİT Undersecretary Hakan Fidan and then-Deputy Chief of General Staff Gen. Yaşar Güler are heard discussing military operations in Syria in Davutoğlu’s Foreign Ministry office on March 13, 2013.

Fidan says in the recording: “If needed, I would dispatch four men to Syria. [Then] I would have them fire eight mortar shells at the Turkish side and create an excuse for war.”

 

Nordic Monitor’s exposé on confirmation of a false flag operation to create a pretext for Turkey to invade Syrian territory.

 

The judicial confirmation of the scandalous content was inadvertently revealed when the public prosecutor tried to pin the leak on a group critical of the government of President Erdoğan as part of espionage charges. The statements in the leak, included in the indictment as allegations, were formally confirmed by the Ankara 4th High Criminal Court in a reasoned decision that was announced on Jan. 16, 2019.

 

Judge’s order to block/remove the story on the Erdogan government’s false flag operation in Syria.

 

The request for the order to block the content was issued by the Directorate of Security Affairs attached to the office of President Erdoğan with document No. 16049 under revised Law No. 5651, also known as the Internet Law. Article 8(A) of the law referenced in the petition refers to the “removal of content and/or blocking of access in circumstances where delay would entail risk.”

The block was enforced on the same day by the Telecommunications and Communications Directorate (Telekomunikasyon Iletişim Başkanlığı, or TİB) without waiting for the judge’s approval. On Jan. 31, TİB submitted the request to the judge with petition No. 34403156-421.02-E8.6824, asking the judge to approve the block, which was granted on the same day.

 

The Erdoğan government was so bothered by this report by Nordic Monitor that it rushed to court to order its removal from Twitter.

 

The Turkish Internet Law was criticized for its shortcomings by the Council of Europe’s Venice Commission, which said in an opinion on June 15, 2016 that the law was not in line with European norms. “The only measure provided for in Law No. 5651 is the measure of access-blocking/removal of content which is the most severe measure possible on the Internet,” the commission emphasized. It added that “[the] Law does not provide for any other measure, less intrusive than blocking/removal, as for instance, requirement of ‘explanation’ from the interested party [content provider, website owner, etc.], ‘response’, ‘correction’, ‘apology’, ‘content renewal’, ‘access renewal’ etc.”

On Jan. 11, 2010 the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) representative for freedom of the media published a report on the Internet Law recommending, on the basis of legal and procedural deficiencies identified, that the government should urgently bring Law no. 5651 in line with international standards on freedom of expression or otherwise should consider abolishing the law.

Thousands of social media accounts and websites that are critical of Erdoğan and the government have been blocked by courts that are accused of acting on political orders from the government. The rule of law was effectively suspended in Turkey with the judiciary completely subordinated to the executive branch following a mass purge of more than 4,000 judges and prosecutors, or one-third of the entire judicial staff in Turkey.

According to Twitter’s latest Transparency Report, which covered the July 1, 2017-Dec. 31, 2017 period, Turkey issued 466 court orders for removal requests, while the number for the rest of the world combined was 47. In other words, 91 percent of censorship requests in the form of court judgements came from only one country, Turkey. This shows how the Turkish judiciary has been politicized and subordinated to the executive branch of government.

ShareTweet
Previous Post

Vahdet group’s jihadist cleric continues to radicalize many in Turkey

Next Post

Militant who hijacked Russia-bound ferry, raided Istanbul hotel, works with Erdoğan

Abdullah Bozkurt

Abdullah Bozkurt

[email protected]

Next Post
Militant who hijacked Russia-bound ferry, raided Istanbul hotel, works with Erdoğan

Militant who hijacked Russia-bound ferry, raided Istanbul hotel, works with Erdoğan

Please login to join discussion
Erdogan gov’t pushes people to use ‘Next’ app as Turkey moves toward China-style digital control

Erdogan gov’t pushes people to use ‘Next’ app as Turkey moves toward China-style digital control

August 1, 2025
Turkey’s top appeals court rejects Greek nationals’ claim on Ottoman-era property

Turkey’s top appeals court rejects Greek nationals’ claim on Ottoman-era property

July 31, 2025
Turkey open to previously owned Eurofighter purchase amid urgent air force needs

Turkey needs stronger air force to counter Israel and Greece simultaneously, pro-gov’t think tank warns

July 30, 2025
Turkey forgives millions in debt for countries buying its weapons

Turkey forgives millions in debt for countries buying its weapons

July 29, 2025
Notorious ISIS commander wanted by INTERPOL received treatment in a Turkish state hospital, official document shows

Turkey refused to seek extradition of ISIS fugitives behind deadliest terror attack

July 28, 2025
Turkish judge at Europe’s top human rights court defends government’s false arguments during proceedings

Turkish judge again stands alone as Europe’s top human rights court condemns systemic abuses in Turkey convictions

July 25, 2025
US lawmakers target Turkey’s classification, triggering pushback from Erdogan gov’t

In today’s Turkey, threats to kill Americans and Jews are deemed protected free speech

July 24, 2025
Turkish court blocks indictment of Saudi al-Qaeda suspect for five years

Turkish court blocks indictment of Saudi al-Qaeda suspect for five years

July 23, 2025
Turkey continues assistance to Somali army to guarantee its presence in the country

Ankara likens Somalia to Syria, using military power to enhance its economic influence

July 22, 2025
Turkey’s top appeals court blocks extradition of drug trafficker to Sweden

Turkey’s top appeals court blocks extradition of drug trafficker to Sweden

July 21, 2025

Nordic Monitor

Nordic Monitor is a news web site and tracking site that is run by the Stockholm-based Nordic Research and Monitoring Network. It covers religious, ideological and ethnic extremist movements and radical groups, with a special focus on Turkey.

Tags

al-Qaeda Andrei Karlov China coup Cyprus Diyanet Egypt espionage Germany Greece Gülen Movement Hakan Fidan Hamas Hulusi Akar Ibrahim Kalın IHH Iran IRGC Quds Force ISIL ISIS Isis al-qaida Israel Libya Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu Milli İstihbarat Teşkilatı MIT Muslim Brotherhood NATO President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Profiling Qatar Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Russia SADAT spying Spying Activities Suleyman Soylu Sweden Syria Torture Turkey Turkish Intelligence Agency Turkish intelligence agency MIT Ukraine United States

Recent News

Erdogan gov’t pushes people to use ‘Next’ app as Turkey moves toward China-style digital control

Erdogan gov’t pushes people to use ‘Next’ app as Turkey moves toward China-style digital control

August 1, 2025
Turkey’s top appeals court rejects Greek nationals’ claim on Ottoman-era property

Turkey’s top appeals court rejects Greek nationals’ claim on Ottoman-era property

July 31, 2025
Turkey open to previously owned Eurofighter purchase amid urgent air force needs

Turkey needs stronger air force to counter Israel and Greece simultaneously, pro-gov’t think tank warns

July 30, 2025

Copyright © Nordic Research and Monitoring Network All rights reserved.

No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • Extremism
  • Military
  • Terrorism and Crime
  • Intelligence
  • Foreign Policy
  • Contact Us
    • Give us a tip!
  • About Us

Copyright © Nordic Research and Monitoring Network All rights reserved.