Diken reported on İFÖD’s EngelliWeb 2023 report, which found that 953,415 websites and domain names had been blocked by the end of 2023 through 821,285 decisions issued by 833 different authorities and judgeships.
The article stated that at least 43,769 news URLs were targeted by access-blocking decisions between 2014 and 2023 and that news organisations removed 38,145 of them. It highlighted the report’s documentation of structural problems in the blocking regime and their cumulative impact on freedom of expression.