Full coverage: Turkey

10.11.2005 Turkey has signed US$23.6 million deal for government portal.
The project will involve the construction of an e-government portal for the Turkish government, provided by Singapore-based CrimsonLogic.

18.08.2005 As part of The Great Volga River Route project, an International Workshop on Sustainable Development and World Heritage took place on 28-31 July 2005 in Bucharest, Romania.The aim is to link young people through the use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) and engage them in the preservation and promotion of World Heritage and Biosphere sites.

10.07.2003 Turkish volunteer Yasmein Gunay has helped Nigeria's Mgbala Agwa Youth Forum to establish a strong regional presence by setting up an online volunteer service for the organisation. She established an online group for sharing of files, coordinated with organisations and established a central database management system.

29.06.2003 Eleven countries from Southern Europe are currently participating in a project on ICTs for the development of education and the construction of a knowledge society. The project, which got underway earlier this year, includes activities like seminars and expert meetings on topics such as ICT application in distance education, IT training and multimedia courses.

28.05.2002 Media activists and the Internet industry in Turkey are concerned that newly imposed laws can stifle freedom of speech by punishing people for what is written even in chat rooms.

12.07.2001 Dos anys després de l'empresonament d'Abdullah Ocalan, líder del PKK (Partit dels Treballadors del Kurdistan), la guerra al Kurdistan s'ha acabat, però els problemes continuen, les tensions augmenten i les esperances de pau s'esvaeixen. El Govern turc encara no reconeix oficialment els 12 milions de kurds com una minoria amb una cultura i llengua pròpies, hi ha 200.000 militars desplegats al sud-est del país i el germà d'Abdullah Ocalan ha advertit que si el govern no reconeix aviat els drets de la població kurda el PKK tornarà a la lluita.

28.06.2001 The fate of the internet in Turkey hangs in the balance as lawmakers prepare to debate a bill that would potentially give the government the right to censor all electronic materials.